[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 11 (reply #12).

September 16. Early train to Boston, breakfast, and then sat on a barrel for two hours reading Mrs. Stowe’s Dred, for that the Nahant boat had privily changed its hour. . . . Dred is a strong and telling book. Ellie is now deep in the first volume, and much exercised thereby. Found all well at Nahant; hotel all but deserted; weather lovely. Small party that evening at Mrs. Paiges: Professor Felton, Agassiz and wife, and Longfellow (to whom I missed an introduction, not knowing he was there). Next day dined at Agassiz’s with Felton – very pleasant; Agassiz and his wife most charming people. After dinner on the rocks at low tide (the “sunken ledge”) with him for a couple of hours, and was presented to marine notabilia, chiefly of the zoophyte family, many of which I’ve long sought to see.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas, Abridged by Thomas J. Pressly

Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856), by Harriet Beecher Stowe: in two volumes.

[Tax-chick]

and was presented to marine notabilia, chiefly of the zoophyte family, many of which I’ve long sought to see

Corals and sponges, what fun!

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 16 (reply #16).

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas, Abridged by Thomas J. Pressly