Thursday 28th (January 28, 1875)

Cosima Wagner Diaries

R. not very well, Mr Glatz also unwell, no studies, although there were discussions, and indeed not pleasant ones; it is important to prove to the good man that he has learned nothing and will learn nothing from Mrs Richter! R. and I are very melancholy that probably one hope has been dashed! …Where shall we find our Siegfried? … 

Arrival of the “Bells of Strasbourg” from my father, a strange work; very effective in its execution, but so foreign to us… 

In the evening read Gfrörer’s work. For me, I read Buckle’s “History of Civilization,” and as stimulating as the book is, I am astonished by the shallowness of its perspective.

Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.

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