John Stuart Mill: A Criticism with Personal Recollections

the family in the grounds.
LUCIAN : FRENCH GEOGRAPHY. 15
Botany (probably the beginning
Received from Mr. G. a lecture on
of what became his favourite
recreation). Wrote out the account of his expenditure since
leaving Paris, gives the items, amounting to 148 francs. De
scribes the peasants dance. i9th. Rose early. Finished the
Hermotimus of Lucian, and yesterday s tragedy ; wrote French
exercises. After breakfast, assisted in packing up, as the family
are leaving the chateau for a residence in Toulouse. Finds
time before dinner for another tragedy of Voltaire. In the
evening, takes to an article in the Annales de Chimie (his in
terest in Chemistry being now of four years standing). 2oth.
Occupied principally with preparations for leaving. 2ist. The
house in confusion. Still he does a good stroke of French
reading. 22nd. In bed till after nine ; couldn t account for it.
The confusion is worse confounded ; doesn t know what to do
about his books ; is now debarred from the library. Has taken
out his exercise-book from his trunk, and written a considerable
portion of exercises. Has added to his Livre Statistique ; the
Departments are now fully in his head : next topic
the course
of the Rivers an occupation when he has nothing to do. 23rd.
Rose at three o clock, to finish packing for departure. As
there could be no reading, at five he takes a long country walk
to Fronton ; gives two pages of the Diary to a description of
the country and the agriculture. Books being all locked up,
he expects to feel ennui for a little time Writes some of his
Livre, converses with two intelligent workmen, gives particulars.
After dinner, walks to the village of on the Garonne ; de
scribes the river itself in the neighbourhood. In the evening,
being the
"
Veille de St. Jean," saw the fires lighted up in the
district. 24th. Lay in bed purposely late, having nothing to
do. M. Le Comte (son of the proprietor) comes in, and po
litely offers him the key of the library,
shows him a book of
prints ; he also scores a tragedy of Voltaire. As this is the last
day before moving to Toulouse, he makes a pause, and de
spatches his seven days diary to his father, accompanied with