Monday, September 23, 1833

1833

September

Monday 23

8

12

Fine morning. F 62° at 9 1/4 –

Breakfast at 9 1/2 – Sat over it reading Herschell’s Astronomy –

Out at 12 at the de Hagemanns’ at 12 20/.. 

Walked with Lady Harriet along the harbor towards Elsineur about 1 1/2 hour – then called with her at Countess Blucher’s for 10 minutes, left her there and, about 3 or before, stopt at a bookseller’s in what Lady H- calls the Bond Street of the place, about 1 1/2 hour reading Catteau’s work 4 volumes octavo, Paris, Treuttel and Würtz, 1804 I think, and looking over some other little things – 8 Ecus for the work, and 1 1/2 Ecu for the mere reading of the work – An English work on Denmark, London, Cradock and Joy, 1824, large octavo, price 22 shillings English – Some plates – forget the author’s name – Richard’s Itineraire du Nord, was published in 1818 – A small guide book of Copenhagen (in English), 2 Ecus – Somehow the man, tho very civil at first, I had waited his coming for an hour; the shopsman could not speak French.  Said he had business and must go, and so got rid of me.  The English author mentions his obligation to Mr. Laing, the university librarian.

Home at 4 3/4 – Dinner at 5 40/.. – Before and after, reading and sleeping over to page 31 Herschell (had read 20 pages in the  morning) then at my traveling accounts till very near 11 – I had kept them in thalers of 30 silver grams instead of 18 gute groschen (bargros) to the thaler ever since accounting Hesse – Reduced them to this –

Very fine day. F 65 1/2° now at 11 p.m. –


WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/16/0116

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