Directly after dinner I must recite French to Monsieur Value till two o'clock, then begin to study my afternoon lesson and recite it at five.
Immediately after recitation I must study another French lesson to recite at seven in the evening; come home at nine o'clock and study my morning's lesson until ten, eleven, and sometimes twelve o'clock, and by that tine I am prepared to sleep....

You see now I have enough to do, my hands as full as can be, not five minutes' time to take recreation.

I am determined to study and, thus far, have not missed a single word.

The students call me by the nickname of "Geography." "_June 18, 1807._ Last week I went to Mr.Beers and saw a set of Montaigne's 'Essays' in French in eight volumes, duodecimo, handsomely bound in calf and gilt, for two dollars.

The reason they are so cheap is because they are wicked and bad books for me or anybody else to read.