November 11 + 

Returned home and found a letter awaiting me from Dr. A⁠⸺ offering me £60 a year for a temporary job as assistant at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory. + 

Left London horribly depressed. They evidently intend to shuffle me off. + 

Read Geo. Gissing’s novel, Born in Exile. Godwin Peak, with his intense pride of individuality, self-torturing capacities, and sentimental languishment, reminds me of myself. + 