It has been the divinest summer of all; now only a few people are left. Poor Charlotte Dana bruised her foot; is just beginning to creep around.  (2 p.)  With transcription.  Signed with a sketch of a sandpiper.

Mentions the exposure of Mme. Blavatsky. Still thinks the doctrines of theosophy profoundly significant and beautiful. Speaks of the "astral qualities" of Mrs. Dickinson and Ella Adams.  (8 p.)  With transcription.

Describes Roland's marriage to Mabel [Gray Freeman]. Saw Mohini at West Newton; is angry at the lies being circulated about him.  (4 p.)  With transcription.

Speaks of the painting of Appleton Brown, Ross Turner, and Ellen Robbins and the music of [John Knowles] Paine and Arthur Whiting. Ingersoll Bowditch is failing fast.  (5 p.)  With transcription.

Inquires after Mrs. Fields. Meant to get down to see her but caught cold in Ross Turner's studio.  (3 p.) With transcription.    Signed with a sketch of a sandpiper.

Is going to leave the Clifford; will spend next winter in Portsmouth. Roland has been offered a position in New Haven; all Karl's little place has burned to the ground.  (4 p.)  With transcription.

Is continually busy with brush and pen paying for household necessities. The baby, Charles Eliot Thaxter, is thriving.  (4 p.)  With transcription.

Thanks her for a book; intends to read the selections from John Tavler (?). Begins to feel like herself again.  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Is growing stronger; can work as much as ever. Sends the one finished photograph; is thankful for anything that employs Karl's mind.  (4 p.)  With transcription.

Praises [Sarah Orne] Jewett's Winter Courtship. Tells her of a gold-colored butterfly lighting on her desk. Karl has been working like a coolie, but something is always happening to his things.  (4 p.) With transcription.   Printed in part in Letters of Celia Thaxter, p. 157.

Writes of her "colonies of seeds" and her methods of transporting them.  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Begs Mrs. Fields to come to the Shoals for the summer. Wishes she would at least come and spend a day with her. Karl is almost finished with his machine.  (4 p.)  With transcription.

Has been to see Ovidia [Berntsen] at Somerville; she is much better. Roland has agreed to talk to Mr. Savage about "the possibility of life after death".  (1 p.)  With transcription.

Never intended any reference to her "poor old crow feathers". She herself is not at all well; the life seems to have gone out of her.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Karl has gone to Portsmouth to get his machine. He will have to give up part of his carpenter shop to stow it. Fears he will never get his money back.  (1 p.)  Fragment, incomplete.  With transcription.

Was cured by the "young girl with the sunstroke". Writes of the heavenly hours in her garden. Karl's machine has not come out yet.  (5 p.)  With transcription.

Urges her to order a paper of Rose of Heaven seeds. Speaks of her poppies, roses, and dahlias. Is expecting Rose Lamb in July.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Has an Oriental poppy; has all she can do to preserve her "precious green growing things" from showers, rats, etc. Describes her attempts to make a garden for Lily Bowditch. Is discouraged about the photos; Karl lives in a chaos of broken glass.  (6 p.)    Signed with a sketch of a sandpiper.  With transcription.