Exceedingly warm day. I walked up to Mr. Sharpe’s and spent an hour in maturing my plan but without coming to any decision, he was to make the estimates and submit them tomorrow morning. The delay made me late. I had several other places to go to which kept me long, so that I consumed all my time at the Office in writing the mere arrears of my Diary, and in Accounts. I remained so long as to be unable to do any thing in the way of my usual occupations at home, before dinner. Afterwards, I took a little nap, my drowsiness being in some degree caused by the uneasy nights in the room with the baby.

I finished No. 7 before I went to bed. But one more number remains, and I have at least five weeks to write it in. I shall therefore take it 177easy but mature it well. By the first of September, I can begin to think of revising for the Pamphlet form. It has been so miserably broken up in its effect by the caprices of these editors that I long to get it out of their hands as quick as possible. I believe, I shall not write again for the Advocate.

Another day of extreme heat. I went to Mr. Sharpe and received his estimate of the cost which was greater than I had anticipated and makes it necessary to think of a cheaper plan. This puts us all back again and renders all my visits during the hot weather of very little avail. I am discouraged. Office.

The Centinel at last consents to republish No. 3 with a half column of Comment. This is slow justice, and postpones the continuation. I called to see Mr. Hallett and he told me that he had strongly remonstrated in consequence of which Mr. J. T. Adams had engaged to go on Tuesdays and Fridays until it was finished. I therefore sent in my three numbers which do all but conclude.

Went to the Athenaeum Gallery but it was so hot I could not stay. Then home. But my energy was not great. Afternoon, read Thiers but without vigour and dawdled away the evening at my window catching the breeze and listening to the music of our neighbours the Fullertons. Evening finished however by working upon the last number.

On this day, it had been agreed that my Wife and her two younger children should go to Medford to make her father a short visit while I should carry out Louisa to stay with the family at Quincy. Thus my home is again disturbed after two months of almost uninterrupted enjoyment. I have lived far more to my taste since my removal to my own house than I ever did but my Wife does not enjoy this mode of life as much as I do. She depends more upon Society and more especially that of her sister. Sacrifices of personal feeling are necessary in this world and I therefore must learn to make them without grumbling.

The clouds looked so lowering in the morning that I was in great doubt about going. I passed a couple of hours at the Office in business occupation, then to the House where I was doubtful but at last con-178cluded to go. Having sent my horse away at eleven o’clock when it rained I was obliged to go and get it. We arrived safe and dry but the afternoon and evening gave us a succession of very heavy thunder showers. I passed the time in conversation. Nothing material.