He spoke slightingly of the Regent's Park, and eschewed as much as possible all mention of the diorama and the Zoological, and yet seemed pleased and flattered, and to take it as a sort of personal compliment, when Mrs. Dunbar professed her fidelity to the scene of her youthful gaiety, Cavendish Square and its environs.
"The London Visitor"
Mary Russell Mitford
The diorama had no sudden changes or striking contrasts, for a universal forest of green trees clothed every peak, cone, and summit.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley
To fit out the diorama, it needed about $15,000. The princess, carried away with the idea, offered him the money from her own purse.
"The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2"
Rupert Hughes