巴黎古皮尔画廊时期

I have just read Adam Bede by George Eliot — what a beautiful book.

我刚刚读完 George Eliot 的《亚当·比德》——多美的一本书。

I copied passages from Michelet for you.

我抄了一些 Michelet 的段落给你。

I see so many pictures every day at the gallery — and in the evening I read. The two things belong together.

我每天在画廊看那么多画——晚上就读书。这两件事是一体的。

Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris — it makes one see the old city as if one were there.

Hugo 的《巴黎圣母院》——它让你看见那座古老的城市,就好像你身在其中。

Books teach me to look — and looking teaches me to read better.

书教我看——而看,教我更好地读。

I read Thomas à Kempis every evening — it calms me after a day of pictures.

我每天晚上读 Thomas à Kempis——看了一天画之后,它让我平静下来。