_Thursday 9th_, Aunt & family departed for Watertown this morning, drew some patterns, worked on my shawl, studied a lesson in Guthrie we got partly through France it is bounded on the North.... Finished reading the Dangers of the world read in Coxes travels. [The Russians & other foreign nations fomented the quarrels that existed in Poland....] Assisted mammy, went up to Miss Pierce’s & borrowed the Robbers, read partly through it. it is an excellent tragedy. The character of Amelia is rather inconsistent in my opinion. _Friday 9th_, Finished the Robbers, the scene in which Charles de Moore discovers his father in a ruined tower is perfect in my opinion. Worked on my shawl, read in Coxes travels, Read partly thro the Truly wise man. Read in Goldsmiths Animated Nature. _Saturday 10th_, Worked on my shawl, Read the English merchant, a very good comedy. Read in the World. Went down to the store. Helped get tea. _Sunday 11th_, It is quite cold and unpleasant today; attended meeting all day, Spent the evening at Miss Pierces. _Monday 12th_, Washed a little. Worked on my shawl. Went down to the store with the girls. Dressed the flower pots. We had company in the afternoon & evening, several gentlemen were at our house in the evening. _Tuesday 13th_, Wrote a letter, Read in Coxes travels; worked on my shawl, sewed all the evening. _Wednesday 14th_, Learned a grammer lesson. Read the story of the Highlander & partly thro Sophron & Tigranes. Went down in the lot & got wintergreen, got supper. _Thursday 15th_, Worked on my shawl. Studied a grammer lesson, parsed, Read in the World, knit, Read partly thro Macbeth one of Shakespeare’s best tragedies. _Friday 16th_, Sewed. Went to school. Read in Cox. parsed. Went down to get wintergreen. Worked on my shawl. Went to strawberrying. Heard some very good music a flute & violin. It is a most beautiful evening, took a walk as far as the corner. _Saturday 17th_, Sewed. Parsed. Began to read the Recess, a very good novel. It is founded on the idea that Mary Queen of Scots was privately married to the Duke of Norfolk & had two daughters Ellinor & Matilda who are the heroines of the novel, they were educated in the Recess which was several rooms in an Abbey unknown but to three persons. Matilda was married to the Duke of Leicester who took shelter in the Recess from assassins. Took a walk. Read again in the Recess. _Sunday 6th_ Read again in the Recess. I have finished the first volume. Attended meeting all day, wasn’t very much edified. Took a walk with Sally Tracy & Mr. Gould went almost to the mill, had a very agreeable one. Heard some very good music after I got home. Mr. Tod, Mr. Holmes & Miss Polly Collins besides several others spent the evening here, it is a very pleasant evening. [Illustration: PL. IV.—VIEW OF LITCHFIELD TAKEN ABOUT 1860 ]