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of ages. Music translated into English notation. The book has gone out of print some time ago because the Easterns rejected our method of notation, and prefered rather to hand down their songs in different families from generation to generation.

The boarding-house is a retreat for stout-kindly, -gossiping -old ladies. One is ever complaining of "Jimy" Whistler, that horrid flirt, who borrowed three hundred pounds of my husband, and paid a farthing, to a pound, after his failure. She tells many things about "Jimmy" that are not written in books. 

Nov. 29th I go to a dance. Next Sunday I go to hear [[strikethrough]] Mr [[\strikethrough]] Hon Jion Pritchard lecture. 
[[margin]] Monday Nov. 12, '00 [[\margin]]

Just now two letters received from you and father. One dated Oct 3 - the other Nov 2nd. Today is the 12th took a long time to get here. Cousin Lizzies letter did not mention Sargent or a letter from Baxter. But for four pages held forth in her good hearted way - directing me regarding my trip to Broadway [[strikethrough]] to [[\strikethrough]]

I had already been there, sorry to say for many of her [[strikethrough]] s [[\strikethrough]] directions would have been valuable. I still wait patiently for the promised note from Millet to Sargent