Wednesday, 24.

At ten o'clock Mr. Alcott arranged us for conversation and he read to us from the third chapter of John and the part I was most interested in was about a man's being born again. I was not very attentive the first part of the conversation as I got to thinking about other things such as purcussion caps, &c. but the conversation soon interested me a great deal more than the purcussion caps and other little things (which I was thinking about at first) and I soon become so much interested in the conversation that I thought about nothing else. The conversation ended at a little before twelve o'clock and we had recess for about quarter of an hour after which we wrote in our Journals and other writing books.

Thursday, Jan. 25.

Mr. Alcott arranged us for analysing at ten o'clock and we did not do it as we usualy do but Mr. Alcott gave us each a slate divided as he divides the black tablet when we anylyse in the general manner for instance with five divisions for Objects Actions Qualities Substitutes Relations and then he acted something and we put it down, for instance he held up a pink Box and of course the pink is a Quality of the box, therefore we should put it down under Qualities, and the Box under Objects as it is an Object.

After anylising we wrote letters to our frinds and teachers, and I wrote to my cousin.

In the afternoon I came to school and learnt latin.

Friday, 26

This morning after we had writen our Journals Mr. Alcott asked the largest schoolars if they knew the Lord's Prayer, and all held up their hands, and then Mr. Alcott told us to paraphrase it and write it in our paraphrase books. I paraphrased it in the following manner.

LORD'S PRAYER.

PARAPHRASED.

Our Father that dwelleth in heaven hallowed be thy title. Thy kingdom come, Thy wishes be performed in this world, as they are in thy dwelling place. Give us this day what we usualy live upon and forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us. And let us not go into temptation, but protect us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and power and glory, always. AMEN.

After we had paraphrased Mr. Alcott read all of the paraphrases aloud, and then we took our Pilgrim's Progress and read aloud to Mr. Alcott. After which Mr. Alcott read some of the paraphrases again. Afternoon.

I came to school and wrote latin exercises.

Saturday, Feb. 27.

The conversation this morning was about the same thing that it was last Wednesday, but we did not converse at all in the same manner that we did last time and Mr. Alcott asked us a great many questions that he did not last time and it was very interesting.

Monday, 29.

This morning I came to school and wrote the spelling lesson in my book which I generaly write it in and at ten o'clock we turned round and recited it to Mr. Alcott and had a conversation on the meanings of the words and then we had recess. After recess Mr. Alcott handed us each a card of our studies which we are to pursue during the present quarter of school we occupied the rest of the morning in looking over it and conversing about it.

Afternoon.

I got a lesson in the latin grammar and recited it to the teacher.