| Description | The diaries cover the period from Baker's attendance at Oxford until his death and include brief daily entries including references to his family, his work, social life, books he has read, trips abroad and other hobbies. He also records daily entries about the weather. Some national events are noted too, including the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (Jul 1870), the death of Napoleon (Jan 1873) and the fall of Khartoum (Feb 1885) |