The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20

a brother but a year older. She was not
| precocious. and was remarkable only for
a very retenttve memory. Extremely tim-d
and fearful. she would creep away into a
corner 10 commune with her own fancies,
saying little. eaming dreams and pres
| entity writing them down and hiding
| them away in a box OF unsuspected treas
| ure.
Jean Ingelow was the daughter of VIII
lam Ingrlow OF a Lincolnshire family,
| and was born at Boston. Lincolnshire, IN
! i>a0. Her first work appeared tn 1855. ana
was entitled Poems by Jean lngeiow
/ -Four years later "A Story OF Doom fol-
| bowed. and a third volume of poems was
/ publish cd in ISIS. In addition TO her verse
/ she has written various prose works Tor
children. and four novels. One OF her
| best known and most popular poems Is
| I'VE Are Seven she lives In quaint 1T
tie cottage in Kensington with her bach
el0r brother. surrounded By her birds ana
| flowers. which have occupied almost her
| entire attention. Her conservatory Is
| twice the size OF her dwelling. and one OF
| her favorite pastimes has been 10 hber-
ate her feathered friends among the fora
| while she writes az her desk
The merry games OF clrs>9hcod were not
| for her The Songs OF Seven" are as
nearly autohiograph. as anything she
ever permitted herself 20 write. Al
| there was
| No dew left on the daisies and clover.
No rain left In heaven.
I've said my seven times over ana over
Seven dimes one are seven
The same self-reve.at on. mystic and
| eharningly nave IS revealed ia the enid
| porofhea Graham In on the Skelilgs,
| her one novel not yet given over 70 ooiiV-
/ ION IN a lesser degree DorOthea - a
Maggie Tlliver-less Lowry. less PASSION
ate but as ready for ssnseIess saer.Dce-
| Through lonely hours the child Jean
watched the vide sea. the e5b and No"
/ OF rhe tides. The while-winged SHIPS the
/ great lighthouse and bell tower. Ease
and culture the house ernptying OF chA-
/ drsn BY death and marriage anu the
I flower OF dawn forehore 10 boa. she :
now about s. years OF age Sae was .
/ when a modest volume vas p0p.lsheo un-
/ der what the public was pleased 20 coz
/ ssder a happy nom de plume The ~eti4
/ vas startled tic admiration by the ri isn
/ rae on the Coast ~ I1ncoinSh- re-, bal
/ iaa Surh as Frr.and had nos had N gen
| erataoFs ballad. but cast ~ s9ch
strange form. 50 musical tnat = Ss"3
Itself: 80 Lyric IN quality, 50 qds.h' y, e.
I tfon so keen gor beauty, 50 tender OF pa
/ 49, =, den and wide ia religious feeling,
i so exquisite iu 1Urn Of phrase. il'aA ''''iN
/ VAS never word FOR IS defects
: IRE fittle volume appeared AZ ioF'a-
..s.et sr,s f.1nrfsU3w' - aies or 2 Way
4 side Inn had lost their ncNei5Y emmy
+ san was in the midst OF long riisittf'
when TIRE world began 10 despair u -
angnx more. TIE people we're 4efA~tls 49,
( o7ef Who could sing. after the pniio@e-
+ r,-sr4ng q re BrowninEs me tuF~l1
@s@ng.~ az svytnaurne and the thin cold
I sf~aara 81 fuSrlrRtiau OF the prf-FSApsiAe!
ICES Hers was a genuine singer o. mai
{ ads and songs a seer 81 b~@hts ARA
+ .--.h es+e- uhtln~nrsnv hs6 said ~ last
+ ,,r.wE The instant cordis}itg Win ~HAth
sra nsx rsses was received proves A'" ''+e
F.refssh have a{waEg followed any f.ll~
80 - ve-ura. 10 Ihe woods ana selas
Au5 enc sea- Ard ms one S@3'S
/ ,~hfssa measure they cog}d trip EsTlF
W. 49, f7-runate 20 hAvs picture
/ .,E.e~ - her a. This time % satisfy tn
,.~s,i.r le-1a~G II shows fn@ eager
s,s,.h the vs4e brow. the looking out
r~v= fe~. - not beautiful nor the TEA ares
~sa~si- Ii il brave. WoHnaniy race.
ssr.r~ and loving The hair = rlow .
$50 as y bv wind from the Haoofs q gre
s go me Fuoarb. ta0ugn sN@sI An3 4.il-
ue-es a. u for lose. il sad. II sae eaa .
- storv no one ever knew. Her rsti-
-. ID ss ~9raplste as Tennysoa's. whose
+ +--,nsfn shzfiaw hearted has never Desa
I szemttss-f Looking ~ tais young eASsf
a. wtsa the droop OF ere fan h9s- one
E us~sers II shat peeua. Divided, Nlsea
Naws.x . f3yousiy. - not aGtonl7Ers pal
cal.
--sa ualte thoru's srcTptnE Or - sTass.
y s4rassseS1 lass. and 50 eefesE Ass
Asa a. I E8iE ay tha% vast. CAIN FifeE'
wAas avfgi river. ~ dread = St@
- thAs !ss breadth and is depia
forever
Are hrs4xea across ~ his Thoughts & ne
IAte~ pictures sAow re grina tsasurss
as1 prssAsc sxpgssxscz Q. t>s caa-1ss-AEsd