The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-25

With he right inscripton was lost1 w 1. not
bee use there was popul T belief that tn Il was
On rioue temples erave1 Ana VIII caus d
TIA popular belief2 IL Is worth looking into.
VIVA became oi the plate an what became Of
the old lrinlty Churcn bonk-T'
1 Told him that I nad he trd that they had
been burned when the brst church was burned
IOWA III l,76. Bot he insisted tnat there
oid graves sud some leg, nds OF thuse eariy
graves. The weight Of evidence, he thinks, Il
tn & mat Il Charlotte Temples grave. ana that
she was not NJ some noble f,mily Il to he
disprovea; for, turning - tne biographical
notices Of
SUSANNA RowsoS.
we found that her name was connected with the
earliest literature of this country. Sus ma Row
son was Susanna iiaswcll. the d uent.ri WI.
n,n Haswel,an ON er ~ toe British navy In 1899
u year the mtly OF II swell were wreck ed
on Loveifs Islunu, on the New ENGLAND coast
wheu susanna was only seven wears old. ihey SET
tied a Nantdsket, but IN 1888 returned to Eng
land. There and then. Irob bly,. Susanna Has
vol gathered tue outline OF cts which fur
nished the hrst part of the story Of Ch trlutts
Iempe. There, too III England she was married
- liam Rows n, e bandmaster ana bueer
to Aineica ~ liv8 10 fulnl an eng cement with
MtAneil, the III mayer of the New Theatre at
miaieiphia she = yery successful az an ac-
Tres, and made her nal appearance at the Fed
sIA iheatie In Boston a lew years sfterw, ri.
men sns beg ~ To teach, and al, erward to
write. uursuing her career rs a teacher and an
aut Ifcss IN BOst On. hiedford, aud other
towns Of hass4cuusotts for twenty i've years.
Sne died IN lSei, after life Of een,le and Ninuiy
usefhness. she IL the author Of numerous
works Ut Bottom Charlotte Iemple being the
egntn one of ner wOrhs.
From AhbOne's Die ionary OF Authors we
leurn th.t "Ch 'riotte temple" appeared In 1870,
ana 1910 copies were sold IN few years, and II
l. stu Published. With the exception Of the
names Of tul characters we're are ssuied h 4
this whole story "a almost LITERAL, true "
I'M. IL strong language Tor Albion, VINO Is gen
orally c,,nsi cred authority on such subjects.
| The ist LondOr edition Of "Charotte emple"
VAS printed IN ls49. he last American one that
We SNOW Of h tuat of LiupiucOtt, lo1l But II Is
Dafl0 q
uubiication houses. cOly that have seen
within a few Gays be r. tue imprint Of pub
| lisner In Ithaca. n. ", 1855.
SEw ESGLASD's TESTIMONY.
In the Historical Magazine of the New England
Historical anu Oeneaio-lcM SECRET, Of Oetoter'
1907, we nnu That at a iull meeting ~ tina, soci-
sn ne.d At ~ BY ',ms ~ noston, "a pI1er was
! Writings Of Susanna RuwsOn, .utBor OF Guar
! lotte iemole' and otner works. Many ladies'
were present, among wnom were several who
ma Teen pupils VI SUSANNA kOwsOn."
! Now, II thtre are pa II OF lrs. Rvwson stu
| living, from hem Ne could doubtless learn more
OF the facts In the case OF Charlotte temple &
From Day tkincks" Cyclopndia Of American
| Liter tuIe' We get continuation VI Alibone
and of popular belief IN rcgaid to Gu r,utte
| Temple. Here 1t Is: Charlotte empie WORK
copies were sold in a few years. II Is tale OF
seduction, the story " young gifl brought
ovei uy British othcer and deserted. nj oeiug
| witt n IN a meO Fanatic style, tas drawn tear'
| from the public IS freely any similar produc-
ton ON Tue stage. 1t sun a popular clas sic
| a. the cheap book stores aud with tue trave Inns
| On pmun." Sue also wroi q. among other WORKS
The slaves IN AlgieIs." AN opeia:" he Vol
unteers, farce feniule uiotism, an
| other farce ana Americans IN En-. land
G medy volume OF poems Is also among he
literary iabors sone are patriotic, others sen /
Americ "a navy, /" ii " Blest the Life a saiO
Leads" with its stirring refrain, " America
Commerce. and Frcedon," Is hers, and below 4
sueciinen Of her sentimental poelicAi enu
siOns: