thursday, april 6, 1944

dearest kitty,

you asked me what my hobbies and interests are and i'd like to answer, but i'd better warn you, i have lots of them, so don't be surprised.

first of all: writing, but i don't really think of that as a hobby.

number two: genealogical charts. i'm looking in every newspaper, book and document i can find for the family trees of the french, german, spanish, english, austrian, russian, norwegian and dutch royal famthes. i've made great progress with many of them, because for ! a long time i've been taking notes while reading biogra- i, phies or history books. i even copy out many of the passages on history.

so my third hobby is history, and father's already bought me numerous books. i can hardly wait for the day when i'll be able to go to the public library and ferret out iii the information i need.

number four is greek and roman mythology. i have various books on this subject too.

i can name the nine muses and the seven loves of zeus. i have the wives of hercules, etc., etc., down pat.

my other hobbies are movie stars and family photographs. i'm crazy about reading and books. i adore the history of the arts, especially when it concerns writers, poets and painters; musicians may come later. i loathe algebra, geometry and arithmetic. i enjoy all my other school subjects, but history's my favorite!

yours, anne m. fran

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