August

Aug. 1. F.Virgil, vs. 458. Call on Lister nah, & Ritson: Sup at Fenwick's.

2. Sa.Virgil, vs. 529. Reveley calls: Dyson at tea: sup at miss Godwin's.

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July 3. Su. ^eVirgil, vs. 597. Smith breakfasts: Ritson & Adams call: dine at Holcroft's; adv. Salomon. P. of S., act 1.

4. M.Virgil, vs. 735. Write for Reveley. Marshal dines: mrs Fenwick at tea: sup at Jennings's, w. Reveleys, Aris's, miss Ramsay, Whitehead & Macnamara.

5. Tu.Darwin, p. 13. Reveley calls: dine at d^o's: sup w. them at Holcroft's, talk of mimicry & Pan. Fever^e.

6. W.Fever^e. Darwin, p. 41: Sicilian Romce, p. 100. Hubbard, Reveley & Dyson call.

7. Th.Sicilian Romance, p. 239. Dine at Jennings's, w. Sinclair.

8. F.Call on Robinson & Porson, nah, & mrs Thelwal: Grecian, Symonds, & Kearsley: meet Taylor & Ritson: dine at Marshal's. Sicilian Romance, Vol. p. 216, fin.: Ghost, B. I.

9. Sa.Ghost, Books II, III, IV/2. Astley's: Play, How to be Happy,^e: sup at Holcroft's.

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Aug. 10. Su.Ghost, B. IV/2. Smith breakfasts: dine at Holcroft's, double corr.; adv. Ritson & Shepperson.

11. M.Virgil, vs. 818; X, vs. 117. Dyson dines: call w. him at Reveley's, nah: sup at Nicholson's.

12. Tu.Virgil, vs. 214. Dine at Henley's: tea Otton's: call on Gerald: sup at Adams's.

13. W.Dryden's Ovid, 20 pp.: Lequinio, p. 30. Call on Hubbard; meet Merry: dine at Reveley's.

14. Th.Call on Robinson, Lister & Holcroft: M. dines; adv. mrs C.: sup at Fenwick's.

15. F.Indian Queen. Sit to Kearsley: dine at Hubbard's, w. M.Porson calls, nah. On Dramatic Poesy, p. 38.

16. Sa.Call on Robinson & Taylor: sit to Kearsley: M. dines: walk in the Tower^e: sup at miss Godwin's, w. M.

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Aug. 17. Su.Virgil, vs. 263. Smith breakfasts: Dennis & Ritson call: dine at Holcroft's, w. Merry & Porson, talk of prayer.

18. M.Virgil, vs. 374. Sit to Kearsley; adv. Holcroft: dine at M's: Charing cross: sup at Reveley's, w. Banks's & Jennings's.

19. Tu.Write 3 1/2 pages. Virgil, vs. 605: Indian Emperor, acts 1, 2, 3, 4. Dyson & White call

20. W.Write 1 page. Virgil, vs. 840. Fawcet dines: miss Alderson calls, nah.

21. Th.Write 1 page: revise. Virgil, vs. 908; XI, vs. 181: Dram. Poesy, p. 50.

22. F.Write 3 pages. Virgil, vs. 444: Dram. Poesy, p. 61. J G calls: Barbauld calls, nah: call on Barry.

23. Sa.Write 2 1/2 pages. Virgil, vs. 683. Stewart calls: call on Gerald; adv. Macarthy & Sinclair: sup at Jennings's, w. Holcroft, talk of Robespierre.

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Aug. 24. Su.Write 2 pages. Virgil, vs. 771. Smith breakfasts: dine at Holcroft's; talk of nuns: sup w. him at Gray's; talk of Rob^e, adv. Gordon, Gillies, Hay & Brown.

25. M.Write 4 pages. Virgil, vs. 915; XII, 106: Henry 4, I, acts 1, 2, 3.

26. Tu.Write 2 1/2 pages. Virgil, vs. 382: Prophecy of Famine: Dram. Poesy, p. 71. Tea at Reveley's, w. Lowry & Baker; adv. Holcroft. Finish Henry 4, I. Miss A. & Boddington call. Stewart & Ritson call.

27. W.Virgil, vs. 696. Call on D'Esparre, w. Sinclair: dine at Jennings's: sup at Adams's. adv. Zenobio.

28. Th.Write 3 pages. Virgil, vs. 952: I, vs. 123. Call on Inchbald & mrs Jardine: dine at Jennings's, w. Ferguson; adv. Sinclair; talk of self love & Mandeville. D. P., p. 82, fin.

29. F.Virgil, vs. 616: Mandeville, p. 92. Call on Fawcet, nah: dine at the Mermaid, Hackny.

30. Sa.Write 2 pages. Virgil, vs. 756; II, vs. 434: Lucan, 182: Mandeville, p 137: Henry 4., II.

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Aug. 31. Su. Virgil, vs. 600: Lucan, 300. Smith breakfasts: Dyson & White call; talk of commerce: dine at Holcrofts'; adv. H Richter & Pinard. Mandeville, p. 158.