'While Darvall was with us this evening, Harry was anxious to show off his reading & so essayed a Piece. He was however so affected by mumps & Stammering, that his heart failed him & he declined to proceed. To please his mamma I read a dialogue with him. This he managed very well & so we read another then Harry was wound up & would have gone on forever, had I not let him gently down. I continued the entertainment by reading "The Execution of Montrose" & was by particular desire reading Byron's "Battle of Waterloo" when my sweet voice was closed by the arrival of Mr Hadley.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'Harry & I read for a long time together. Harry is beginning to understand what he reads & takes a fair part in Dialogue Reading.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'In the evening Harry & I read for a long time together while mamma amused herself with the piano.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'After tea this evening I read some dramatic pieces with Harry & played a couple of games of Bezique with Mamma. Smoked several pipes & then went to bed'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'I read a story in the evening to the youngsters & then heard Harry read for marks. We were engaged in a dialogue from the Merchant of Venice when Mr Henry Smith of the Argus called to see me'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'In the evening read for some time with Harry, he manages Shakespeare tolerably well for a boy of his age'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book, Serial / periodical
'In the evening played Bezique with Polly & read Shakespeare with Harry.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book, Serial / periodical
'Read with Harry in the Evening, then played a long game of Bezique with Sissy'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'In the evening Harry & I did some Readings. It was a great night for Harry & he did'ent go to bed till after ten o'clock.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'When I came home I found Charley Gee engaged with our youngsters singing comic songs & making himself otherwise entertaining, the children enjoyed his company very much before he went away he joined Harry & myself in some Shakesperian (sic) Readings'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
'Looked in at the Athenaeum & read the papers then came home to tea, in the evening read to Harry & heard him read, he got sulky after a time & went off to bed'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Buckley and Harry Castieau Print: Book
