Sat for 2 1/2 hours with Rev. Wood and Rev. Savage. Reviews the plans for a séance. Mr. Thaxter is suffering intensely.  (3 p.)  Dated "Sat. A.M."  With transcription.

Is worn out with the long deadly fight. It seems as if Mr. Thaxter could not give up.  (1 p.)  Dated "Sat. A.M." Fragment, incomplete.  With transcription.

Tells her of Mr. Thaxter's death.  (1 p.)  Dated "Saturday, A.M."  With transcription.

Describes Mr. Thaxter's burial. Has been under a weight of anxiety about Roland; now he begins to revive a little. Thinks the dogs do him the greatest good.  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Plans to visit [Sarah Orne] Jewett. The Browning notes will come to nothing.  Does not wish a word said of her affairs.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Lily Pierce has been reading Flowers and their Pedigrees to her. Is still very low down in the "deeps".  (2 p.)  (Pierce, Elizabeth).  With transcription.

Hopes to gather some marigolds for her. Life is a little lighter; lives in her work and the baby.  (1 p.)  With transcription.

Finds a myriad of things to do about the house and garden. Roland and Kitty Jennison play the piano and violin together. John has begun to sell his buttermilk in Boston. Ross Truner has illustrated a volume of Driftweed for her.  (8 p.)  With transcription.

Expects John's engagement to be out soon. Tells of little Ida Bothe's scorn of "their subject"; now she has experienced it in her own person. Has sent "Peggy's Garden and What Grew Therin" to St. Nicholas.  (3 p.)  (cf. Stories and Poems for Children)  With transcription.

Will be in town Monday; thanks her for her information about clothes. Most of her money goes into a "hopeless bottomless pit". Has written a New Year's song for St. Nicholas. Speaks of Charles Reade's comment on Hawthorne.  (3 p.)  With transcription. Enclosed is a pressed sunflower. Appended is a stamped envelope addressed to "Mrs. James T. Fields".

Wants two volumes illustrated by Ross Turner. Describes last night's séance; was showered with lilies of the valley. Would like to bring Rose [Darrah] the next time Mrs. Dickinson is there.  (3 p.)  With transcription.  (Dickinson, Mrs. Marion (Sidney))

Mrs. Dickinson has told her of Mary Lodge's suspicions. Thinks she will do infinite harm. Adds in a postscript that she has never spoken of Mrs. Fields' experiences.  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Resents Mary Lodge's accusation of Marion Dickinson. Thinks her "as true as truth." Speaks of Roland's aspect of illness.  (4 p.)  With transcription.

Blames herself for bringing Mrs. Dickinson into contact with people like Louise Chandler Moulton. Wants the winter's experiences known just as they happened. Fears there will always be people who will not accept these things. Hopes in time to get Julia, the maid, "civilized".  With transcription.  (3 p.)

Describes a séance at Cedric Laighton's. Withered forget-me-nots were scattered in the dining room.  (3 p.)  With transcription.  (cf. April 12, 1885; probably from the Isles of Shoals)

Tells her of the appearance of the pink "die letra"; Ella Adam's psychic experiences and the strange movements of the picture. Feels it hardly worthwhile to mention these things as Mrs. Fields' heart is closed against Marion Dickinson and her share in them.  (5 p.)  With transcription.

Cannot go to the circus; is fighting with weeds and all sorts of works. Little Ruth watches her every morning.  (2 p.) With transcription.    (Laighton, Ruth)

Has had no more sittings; is afraid of the deadly unconsciousness which seizes Mrs. Dickinson. Is having a lovely time with her garden; suggests Mrs. Fields plant pansies.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Is trying to make over her "unfortunate poems for children". Tells of the drowning of Ingbert Ingbertsen and Oscar's remarks about a future life. Mrs. Dickinson's husband has returned to her.  With transcription.   (5 p.)