Fine day. To town. Afternoon at home. Evening visit to Dr. Woodward.

I went to town this morning and my time was taken up for the most part with business at my Office. Read over my Article upon Tucker in which the errors are not corrected so that I feel ashamed of it. An apologetic letter from Hunt.1 I believe I must stop in that quarter.

Home to dinner. Finish the eleventh book of the Annals. The death of Messalina bad enough but there have been many French women near the throne quite as bad. The Wife of Henry the 4th for instance, as described by Brantome.

My father went today on a fishing party with Hingham gentlemen to Cohasset but I excused myself. A short return visit to Dr. Woodward in the evening.