| Description | Letter from Edmund Berry, Cognac, to his mother, sorry to hear that she is not to travel to Paris, trip to the country with Mr. Riviere, the house they stayed in was very pretty outside, but inside was plain and rather dirty, the French do not know how to make houses comfortable, very hot weather and good shooting, his own bad luck shooting, the French are bad shots, good year for grapes but philloxera is starting to appear, price of brandy has risen sharply in consequence, government has offered a reward for a remedy, glad to hear that his brother Walter is a little more settled at school, glad that some animal has died and has not had to be poisoned, 13 October 1876 |