Sunday, April 18:
Very unwell, but constantly with the children; gave Lusch a lesson on the globe. Family lunch, cheerful and nice. Afterward puppet show and later magic lantern. Loldi plays Kasperl, and she and Eva rejoice over the slides.
In the evening a little Schubert, without enjoyment, and a little Plato with R. Only he is tired and soon has to stop.
Curious news that Hiller is giving up his position as general factotum in Cologne; Judaism in music? R. had a very nice letter from Constantin Frantz; he says the pamphlet “is a true word spoken at the right time.” Prof. Eckert in his lecture on R. Wagner in Berlin described the pamphlet as regrettable!