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HANNAH MORR

Hannah More was born about the
year LAS or l745. She vas the
youngest of Eve daughters Of clergy
man who resided az Hannata, near
Bristol. Her sisters had for some
time conducted . small school, in
which they had acquitted themselves
with so much propriety. thst their re
putation increased, and they were enA-
bled to venture on forming larger es-
Establishment, and taking pupils Of a
higher class than they had hitherto
been accustomed to educate. Patrons.
ed by several ladies Of fortune and dis.
cernment, they, about the year l765.
removed TO Bristol, and opened board
ing school in Park-street. IL soon
became one Of the most celebrated &c
minaries in the Wsst Of England
Hannah More accompanied her sisters
on their removal. She soon attracted
the notice, and acquired the friendship,
OF the Rev. DIR. Stonehouse, their next
door neighbour; and that gentleman
not only encouraged her to write. but
10 understood TO have corrected all her
early illusions. Her 6rst publication
which appeared in 1870 or I'VE, Was
The Search after Happiness, a Paste.
raj Drama The reception which il
experienced was so favorable, that she
was encouraged to print, in IVA, her
Sir Eldrsj Of the bower The bleed
ing Rock and . tragedy, entitled
The iuliexibIe Captive founded on
the story Of ReEulUS. Through the
Kindness Of Dr. Stonehouse, Hannah
More WAS introduced to Garrick, Who
ADVISED her 10 write Tor the stsgs-fa
which, indeed, she seems 20 have had
. strong predileetion One Of the early
fruits Of her acquaintance with the
manager vAs AN ode to Dragon, Mr..
GarTick's House Dog This appear.
ed 10 Ivy; a. did also q volume Of
Essays on several Subjects, designed
for Young Ladies' IN 1873. her
tragedy Of Percy vas performed. IL
was we'll Ieceived; and for q time, il
seems to have established her fame as
. dramatic writer. In the following
year she produced another tragedy
Fatal FalsehOod.'
II was not long. however, before
Miss More's thoughts took . more so
rious turn; and, in 1875, she published
Sacred Dramas aud Simplicity, q
Poetical Epistle; some Of the dramas
had previously been acted by the pu-
p'is Of Miss AoTe's school. The stage,
however, having become an sbomina.
tion IN her eyes, she subsequently, avail
ed herself of an opportunity to declare
that she did not think IL, in its then
state, deserving the eountsnsnee Of q
Christian. She accordingly renowned
ell dramatic attempts except ct poems.
Many years since, Hannah More
and her sisters retired with an easy for
tunes to Mesdip. 10 SOmsrsstshire.--
There, by the establishment Of charity
schools, they effected great alteration
and improvement in the manners aud
morals Of the eolIiers.
Containing to favour the world with
her literary productions, Miss More.
IN l785. wrote . Biographical Preface
TO the Poems Of Anne Yearsley, q
Miikwoman.' Cireumslanees which
sToss out of her eonnexion with this
Anne Ysarsley. poslieally detiEnated
'I.aeiilla,' excited much notice and
animadsersion. The patronsss Of her
profegCs quarreiled: the latter vas &C.
eused Of inEratitude; and she, in her
turn, told strange story about the
disappesfanee Of volume of her name
script which had been left With Miss
More. The difference We believe vs.
never satisfactorily settled. IN 1856,
she Published 'Flors, q Tale and the
Bias Bloc, Conversation, two poems
Her Thoughts on the manners Of the