Bought the ‘Vicar of Wakefield’ which is interesting reading, as a light on Scott’s, Macauley’s and Stockley’s essays on Goldsmith. Went to Ivor and Joe where we played cricket and football. Then trammed to Stockleys’, where Mr. Brady and Mrs. Sullivan repeated their concert. I turned over again. The more I hear the glorious sonatas of Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms, the more I enjoy them. There were over 40 people there. Betty, Sophie and I had some fun around the house after tea. Professor kindly gave me Carlyle’s ‘Heroes and Hero-worship’. Went home in ‘Old Lizzie’. Me miserum. [Ochone or woe to me]
Inserted here is a newspaper cutting with a photo of Japan’s new emperor Hirohito, who had just succeeded to the throne.
