Scope and Contents The Bowens have departed. Bessie discusses her current reading: Miss [Harriet] Martineau and [Charles] Knight [A History of the Thirty Years’ Peace] (she compares the writing of Martineau and Knight and feels there has been much change for the better since 1820); also Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones and Lamartine [Histoire des Girondins]. She hopes Barbara will enjoy Wales. She is amused by Barbara’s account of dancing and an acquaintance called Louisa. She has been to the Croft Chapel for the...