Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-27

position the society conducted a
worlds Bible congress at San Fran
cisco in August, 1915. While this was |
not part of the centennial celebration /
yet it afforded an admirable opportu-
nifty for awakening interest.
In 1916 the Waldensian Bible Society |
was organized at La Tour, France, and
similar societies spread all over Ger
many In fact, their prominence was
marked enough to incur the displeas-
ure of Pope Plus VII, who issued an
edict against Bible societies on June ~
Other evidences of the religious fer
vor which arose in 1915 are shown in
the organization OF a.. E number IN Der o Of So
education. The Boston Society for
Moral and Religious Instruction OF the
Poor, the Divinity School of Harvard
established by Unitarians, tract soci-
cites in Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Hartford, the Presbyterian board OF
missions--these are only few of the
organizations Which had their lncep-
Other fields. though pa1ed by the
prominence given to religious thought,
were not totally unproductive in that
wear. Geniuses who were to shine in
| the future in different branches of art
| came into the world at this time, the
rad English novelist. Charlotte Bronte
/ The mere story of Charlotte Bronte
lean give no idea of the undying inter-
est and exceeding pathos which marked
Iwho was the author of Jane Eyre"
suffered more disappointments in her
career than were eyer compensated for
efforts The despairing yearnings, of
Iher intense nature as she reflected them
in her novels were in themselves the
(which she awakened among her CO.
Temporary literati.
I Born April 81. 1916, she passed her
Iearly life in the little village of Ha-
worth in the west riding of Yorkshire.
where her father was perpetual in
cumbent of the parish for the last forty
years of his life. She was one of a
large family, of whom three, herself.
! Anne and Emily, were destined for an
indisputably permanent place in the
literary world. At the age of ten years
! Daughters School, where the bad fooS
and drastic discipline were held ac-
countable for the death of two of her
iotte aftsrward In Fihbstne Eyre Char;
under the disguise of "Lowood"
> IN her early girlhood she was am
pltious to have school of her own
, 1or herself. She planned to acquire 8
. lpronctency in languages and became a
3 pupil at the Pensionnat Heger in Brus-
sells. She was recalled from Belgium
}. py the death of her aunt, who be.
queathed her enough money to enable
her TO reconsider her plan of life. Ac
c cordingly, she returned to her frienC
: M Heger and passed a year in hi.
I school, where she undoubtedly wideneC
her intellectual sphere by reading
many books on French literature Thu
experiences in Brussels were signifi
=, cant in affecting her later novels.
u Her literary life began in 1846 whe1
n volume of poems appeared by Currer
e Ellis and Acton Bell, names which dis
# guised the identity of Charlotte, Emil,
. and Anne Bronte. These poems were
. failure, with the exception of Emily's
IS which alone revealed a true poeti
: genius. Each of the girls came for
d ward with novel to dispose of, eac
= of which subsequently received fiat
u tering notice.
Z Charlotte's novel was cal1e