Volume VI, December 5 - April 28, 1837

This volume is an extensive, almost day-by-day commentary on the Ticknor’s winter in Rome. It chronicles the Ticknor’s full social life, their frequent attendance at lectures and artists’ studios, and their continual visits and revisits to favorite points of interest around the city. Ticknor is skeptical of Catholic rituals, institutions, and church officials. He also comments on the problems of family life in high Roman society.