| Summary: | The twenty five volumes in this series differ in composition between two diary formats: the first format is that of an unbroken narrative of events in the life of the author, Howard Leopold Morry, or of the history of the community in which he was born and raised, Ferryland, Newfoundland; the second format is that of a conventional daily diary reporting on events of the day, including the weather and sea conditions, the ups and downs in the fishery, births, marriages and deaths of family, friends and neighbours, and newsworthy events at the local, national and international level. None of the 25 volumes are actually all of one format or the other. They all contain a larger or smaller component of each form of diary. The current volume is slightly different than other volumes in that it includes an almost equal proportion Howard’s reminiscences and anecdotes and daily diary entries which are mostly comprised of accounts of his several visits to Scotland during this time period. In this twenty-fourth volume, the diary transcribed nominally covers the period from March 27,1964 to September 9,1965. But in point of fact this is not really the case. The days on which current events are recorded are spread widely over this time period with many gaps in coverage. Of the portions of the diary that constitute reflections on the past, many are a repetition of thoughts recorded in earlier diaries. This is useful as it serves to pick up accidental errors in dates and names that have entered into some of these accounts and frequently adds details later remembered. At this time in his life, Howard is very definitely feeling his age, and the weight of those years weighs heavily upon him, not just physically, but also in terms of his mood and his disdain for improvements in the human condition brought about over his eighty years. As in previous volumes, in order to provide readers not familiar with the “cast of characters” or the local and international historical events mentioned in the pages of the diary a clue to their ...
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