We arose at 8 o’clock and took a cab for a rubber necking expedition. This is historically one of the most interesting of the Rheinish towns. It is pleasantly situated on the left bank of the Rhein, opposite and below the influx of the Main. The old town was formerly limited by its fortifications, but…

We arose rather late and went to meeting at 11:30. After a good dinner, we walked to the Post Office, then took a good nap and, by appointment, went to Hortense where we met another old friend, the Reverend Heinrich Mann and his wife, also Brother Junker and his daughter, Louischen, and son, Hermann. We…

I wrote all morning, for I am behind in my daily report. After that I went to look up my boyhood’s friend, Charles Schwarz, son of one of the four missionaries who were sent to Germany shortly after Father had started the work. He is an American citizen but Vice Consul of Great Britain. His…