Spent the day in search of books on modern Greece, which, strangely enough, are more difficult to find than books on ancient Greece. I find it somewhat strange that books on Greece tend to be shelved with ‘Western Europe’ while the ‘Balkans’ and the former Yugoslavia are under ‘Eastern Europe.’ Also purchased a cheap copy of Steppenwolf — which I am prejudiced against, but shall read anyway — and Roman history. A gray afternoon, dreary, with a bit of snow. Required a heavy dose of Brahms & Mozart.