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the last report was no better and Gertrude feels discouraged. I wish I could send her some cheering news, she is very unhappy without me there. She enclosed a long letter from Lucy with an account of their camping on the mountains. Spent the evening at Bayard Taylors. He and Mrs. Taylor are alone now Lily having gone to Vassar College. She is the first student who has ever entered the Sophomore class and thus omitted the Freshman year. Taylor had many hopeful messages for me. Among other things he said the paragraph concerning Escosura's praise of my picture he cut from the Express and sent it to me with some other remarks attending it and a short note which I never received. He had it put into the Tribune and told me it had been copied far and wide. It seems vain in me to think so much of these personal matters but my salvation depends upon the esteem in which I am held in my profession. I feel a weight of responsibility which I never felt before and a necessity for putting forth exertions I never did before. He told me also that in Clarence Cooks latest notices of the Exposition which have not yet been published there are exceedingly complimentary notices of me. He told me in confidence many things of his connection with the Tribune so that it seems to me he is a most valuable and useful man there. 

Saturday Oct. 7. Walked up to the Academy to look at Escosuras pictures in the loan collection. They are not great, nothing original in them. Just the things the general public would like. Met Mr. Kauffman of Washington in front of Goupils who called to see me in the afternoon. Calvert and I went to the Century in the evening. He and Radford dined in my room. I sent my "Autumn Idyl" There were not many pictures and not a large meeting. Phil Johnson was there and seemed glad to see me as I was to see him. Was introduced to Escosura. A small man who speaks English very well. He and Avery were at Rondout on Wednesday on their way to the mountains but it rained and they returned. Inquired for me but found I was here. Casey had one of Escosuras pictures at the club but it was clever enough 

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