The herald., 1897-08-08
lectual strength and her womanly devo-
tinr to prip oi,o1a nj d,,+x

lectual strength and her womanly devo-
tion to principle and duty.
Here are some details Of her private
life which we take from the Academy:
Children were born, and the mothers
hands and head were kept busily en-
ployed while her heart ached sadly as
three of the five babies died, leaving her
at her husbands death with one boy and
one girl, to whom, six weeks later, lit
tie delicate boy was added. The last to
come to her, he was the last to leave her,
and when he, too, died, after years of
| ceaseless care and watching, she felt she
had no further reason for living or.
Burden upon burden was laid. upon her
willing shoulders, and not one was cast
off by herself; she bore them kindly and
tenderly, till they were lifted from her
| by no act or wish of her own. Her
brother and his family were her well
coined, honored guests, and at his death
his children became as near as possible
to her own; nor were these the only
children to whom she became a second
mother. Never was there a woman who
gave 80 generously or who worked so
hard for what she gave; never was she
delightfully."- on the most trivial subjects;
to sympathize and help in every trouble
that was brought to her. She was
most tender and efficient nurse in sick
ness, as many a friend now mourning
her can testify. Wonderfully dainty and
womanly in all her ways; her sewing
was delight to see and she could never
tolerate the idea of machine made
hnc 1,oh l..
nation was always reused by cheap
clothing, and when she was shown or
heard of any bargain she fired up at
once, calling the material coarse and
rough and the work either 'abomina-
bly, bad or shamefully underpaid, and in
either case not fit for any gentlewoman
to wear Many and many an evening
have I spent in her house at Windsor,
but never once have 1 seen her occupied
in any way but in forwarding the enter
tainment of the family circle"
THE WAYS OF LIFE By Mrs. Oil
phant. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Paper,
so cents.
This handsome paper covered volume
is No. 81 of the Hudson library series.
some of which have heretofore been
noted in these columns. Besides 1.-The
Ways of Life" which gives title to the
volume, there is another story entitled
''The Wonderful History of Mr.. Robert
Dalyell, and to both there is a most in
tereeting preface entitled ION the Ebb
Tide''-a preface which no wise reader
will overlook or fail to read carefully
and critically, for it is full of philosoph-
ical thought.
These are stories of 1.-THE Ebb Tide"
strong, but somewhat sad. They are
excellent-as what work of Mrs. Oliphant
is not?-and can be accounted something
worthy to read, and to keep for others
to read.
MRS. CRICHTON'S CREDITOR. By
Mrs. Alexander, author of "A Fight
With Fate" etc. J. B. Lippincott
company.
This is the latest volume in the dainty
Lotoe library, which has come to be SO
we'll know to the reading public through
such stories as "A Social Highwayman,"
Captain Cores Courtship," etc. 1t is
lively story of London business and
social life, and tells of the career of Nor
man Adair, the sailor who rolled in his
walk when he first came to London to
enter upon his recently inherited for
tune and begin the round of social func-
tione that were all 80 new. The story
centers around the fortunes Of the Crich-
ton family, and has a rather unhappy
ending.
AT THE GATES OF SONG. Lloyd
Miff1in. Estes & Lauriat
Here is handsome volume from pub
fishers who always make handsome vol
umes, handsome in all ways and richly
illustrated. The volume is a large col
lection of sonnets, covering a wide field.
In his preface the author expresses the
hope that he has right after more than
twenty years study of poetry and art,
to enter even the brilliant field of the
English sonnet, and feels sure that if he
has added nothing to that narrow and
intricate domain of literature" at least
he has not tarnished it with anything
ludicrous or unseemly.
1t is a narrow and intricate domain"
indeed, and only few poets have found
it possible to adorn it with abiding gifts.
The author approaches his work de-
voutly and dedicates it to his father, "a
passionate lover of imaginative poetry
and himself writer of melodious verse"
The quality of his verse is excellent and
the form well nigh faultless
We shall hope to quote from the vol |
ume at another time.
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