indow and the ocean stretching out for miles,lighthouses and more Elizabethan houses half hid on the bank,and ships and small boats pushing by within a hundred rods of the windows.I stayed to dinner there and we had a very jolly time.There were two other young men and another maiden besides Miss Bartol.They talked principally about the stage;that is,the Boston Stock Company,which is their sole thought and knowledge of the drama.The Dr.would strike off now and then to philosophizing and moralizing but his daughter would immediately sit upon him,much to my disgust but to the evident relief of the rest.His wife is as lovely as he is but I can't give it to you all now.Wait until I get home.

The young lady,the youths and myself came up to Boston together and had as pleasant a ride,as the heat would allow.

I left them at the depot and went up to the Parker House and then to the Art Museum.The statuary is plaster,the coins are copies,and by the way,I found one exactly like mine,which,if it is genuine is worth,"well considerable",as the personage in charge remarked.The pictures were simply vile,only two or three that I recognized and principally Millet and some charcoal sketches of Hunt's,who is the Apostle of Art here.The china was very fine but they had a collection of old furniture and armor which was better than anything else.

Fresh from or rather musty from these antiques,who should Imeet but the cheerful Dixey and Powers.We had a very jolly talk and I en-->>

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