The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-21

under lii" title o.. I"~n,S .f",' N." fhiIi,ro.
contained several pieces intended to incul-
cate kindness 10 the lower animals Chg of
these, known ~ Mary's Lamb" has
proved, perhaps, the most popular poem
ever composed for children. Wherever tie
English language is taught it is favorite
iii schoo, rooms, and has been the scarce of
quotations, illusions, and PAROLES without
number i larger collection of her princi-
pal poems, entitled Tb,,"~ HoU,x; or Tie
'IrgdM L"r", "ad ottcr P0c,.,x. appeared in
iH!S. 1t comprised some of her most adj
mired compositions. Many others have
sine" appeared il her magazine and in the
various ANIMALS, gitt-boolls. and other COM
pilationS which :,hc has edited Two of
these are, F1"."'s interpreter, Il t;>tefully ar
ranged book OIL the language of flowers,
which first appeared in Boston in 1881. and
li1S passed through many editions. and Il
'""'i'"f" bii'ororg IF H"'icM Q"Dt"t;onS
She edited the LETTERS Of M,d,,il, he .Scrignc
and the L"iir,sS IF Io9g Wary u. Nontagu.
each with y biography and notes: and she
prepared Tire E:b.c Hcadiag Eook. Tie
L"d|cS' .N"'" E"oI If fcrirry o,.I CDmt,lcir
H''fc"c'P"r, Il work On Mtnar,,&, originally
| written for the " Home Circle of th.. Phil
adelphia P"bi;r Lsig..., and several books
for children.
Her principal work, however, was one
which appeared in 1852, with the title of
" hoHi""'S R@'ord; or, Stpfci"S IF 0H UiSt;s-
G"'|'"" Women ii'om ia" "rcuti"n Of lie
H"r'" 10 l. h. ISL Arranged in Four
| ErHS. With Selections from Female Writ
crS ct every Age. Tie title sufficiently
! shows the character Of the work which is "A
large octave volume of nearly nine hundred
| pages, comprising biographical notices of
more than twenty-five hundred women. dis
| tinguishc,l i'll various capacities The por-
TRAITS of inany are given, with well-chosen
! extracts from the writings Of those who
were eminent in literature. This work.
which was published by MeSsrs. Harper <
| brothers. has passed through several edi-
'ionS, under the revision of the authorcs..
and still holds its paSirion us the best au-
| thority and work of reference Oh the subject
to which it relates.
Mrs. Hale did not coniine her effort; for
go"d objects to her literary labors Soon
after she removed TO Boston her attention
was drawn TO the neglected condition of the
seamen belonging to that port, and more
especially Of their families. Prin"ipally by
her ezertiGnS an association of adie, was |
organized, under the name of the "Seamau's
Aid Society," for the benefit of this class |
While she remained in that city She held
the presidency of this society, which did |
much To remedy The evils il WAS designed to |
redress by establishing sailors Homes" |
and procuring improvements in the laws !
relating to Seamcn. An object OF differ
ent character, which appealed strongly to |
her patriotic feelings, presented itself in the |
unfinished Bunker Hill Monument. The |
obclish, after being commenced with laurh |
enthusiasm, had been left half completed |
FOX want of funds. Mrs. Hale proposed.
through her magazine, that the women of |
New England should undertake to raise the
large sum Ono less than SCI, 0GO) required to
finish the work. The proposal seemed little
less than visionary. 1t was, however ii
natly carried to Il successful conclusion,
mainly through a ladies' fair, on Il scale |
much lorgcr than had before been attempted
i'll this country, and in whose management
Mrs. Hale took Il leading part A still more
important eXcrtion of her power Of intu-
encing Others to good ends was that by
which she finally secured the establishment
of The tim"-homored New England festival
Of Thanksgiving day rs il public holiday
for the entire nation. For thirty years she
had urged, iii her various publications. the
adoption of the last Thursday in November
Is the most suitable day for this purpose.
BY personal correspondence, ut first with
Governors of all the States, before the civil
var, and afterward with President Lincoln
and his successors, she at length accom-
pli>hed this tavoritc object, which, rs tes-
tival of peace and good WILL she Justly re-
garClcl us one of the great works of her life.
After her removal to Philadelphia, i'll
1871, she found much to occupy her in the
religious and benevolent institutions of that
city. She was for nine years President of
the Philadelphia branch of the " Women's
Union Missionary Society,"" and it was
mainly through her eXertionS that the
"LldieS' Medical Missionary Soricty" WAS
established in the same city for the purpose
OF sending To Oriental countries missionary
ladies' possessing tn medical knowledge
which would make them welcome in every
home. The general subject of improving
the means of education for women was one
to which She devoted great attention. Some
of the hest known among the institutions
which have been recently founded for this
object owed either their origin or their plan
directly to her suggestions. The founder of
N;iSSlr College the venerable Matthew Vas
Sar, was her attached friend, and consulted
her from the inception to the conclusion of |
his work.
1t would occupy too much space to emit
mcrate all the useful projects to which she
gave the assistance Of her pen and her per-
Sonal influence during the long period of
fifty years over which her editorial term
extended. Her religious feelings We're deep
and strong, and her patriotism, kinded b.
intercourse in childhood with the soldiers
of the Revolution, was intensely earnest.
Her SympathieS, however, knew no limit of |
country or of race. She took great interest |
in the colony of Liberia, and in the efforts
made to elevate the condition of the women |
of India, and wrote much on both subjects. |
Her latter years We're passed in the house
hold of her married daughter in Philadel- |
phia, surrounded by her grandchildren, in |
whose society She took great delight. She |
had 4 wide circle of friends, and until her |
failing sight interrupted it, an extensive
correspondence, through which she was |
able, nearly to the last, to exert an intlu- |
| ence in favor of the objects which she had |
at heart.
As she approached her nineticth year, the |
vgor of mind and body which had sus-
tanned her through her long and lahorious
life began to fail \ few months of almost
painless illness followed, which closed on |
the 3Gth of April, 1879, with death So
peaceful that The moment when she ceased |
to breath was not perceived by the friends |
who watched around her. OF her five chill |
dren, two only, a son and daughter survive
her.
JOBS HOLE.
From he Brloir RMS dnd h,tcNigracer.