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though We have none Of hers to him.

though we have none OF hers to him.
Later on he returned to England and
she seems to have received him rs
her husband. However, after II few
short months her active influence OBJ
tanned a post for him as Judge in To-
ronto. Canada. and Off he went whiie
Anna, an inveterate traveller. turned
her steps to Germany. There she Wis
tied Dttilie o Goethe, the daughter
in-law Of the poet; she met and talked
With Ticck and Retzsch. and she re-
cords: II consider my introduction TO
Mauritz Retzsch as ono of the most
memorable and agreeable Incidents oe
my short %sojourn at Dresden" She
fn-t and knew Schopenhauer's mother.
Adele Schopenhauer. oddly enough in
.::..oed in .ho book as the "da .;ghter
Of the novelist who would not live with
her son. Arthur"
After two cheerful years OF work
and society in Germany, the grea.
bogy OF her life called again; her hus-
band summoned her to Join him in
Canada. 1t would be interesting to
know what mental processes urged
Anna Jameson to comply. But once
again the biography before us Is most
politely reticent. She had misgivings.
she did not want to go. hut she went
and We have long. homcsick. miser-
able letters sent back to her family.
She hated Toronto. she made no
friends there and the only cheerful
note thnt IL sounded in the letters is
when she took up her travels once
more and went on a long trip to
Niagara, Hamilton on Lake Ontario.
Detroit, Sault ste. Marie. Lake SUI
perior. M%antoulin Island, Penetan-
guishene and around by Lake Simcoe
to Toronto again. In 1897 this was IA
perilous n adventurous trip and
Anna met Indians. ~Chippewas. Potta-
wattom!ee. Winnebagos. Ottowas. trav-
elled alone In an open boat with In
dians. and gathered material out of
which she made a book.
We are told then that Anna delayed
her trip home chiefly on O Of
legal business concerning her separa-
ton from her husband. This morosc
gentleman seems to have been more
amiable on this occasion than on any
other n to have allowed her 1900 a
year and To have raised no objection
to the separation. Perhaps in Eng
land her Importance, social and liter
AIRY. had enhanced her value in his
eyes. but in Toronto nobody cared in
the least about poor Anna. II was
merely odd to be an authoress' and
the ONE pretended to be afraid of
her brains. but she was useless and
detached in a pioneer country and left
Il apparently with no regrets on
| nifhar Ciin Thnra nrn 80 tAt.r, .A,,,
back to the wilderness and Rober,
Jameson appears in the biography only
once more. when. dying. he unRra-
ciously left such property as he had
accumulated 10 some unknown mar
ried wona in Toronto. This, beyond
the fact that the marital remi,tances
were irregular and uncertain. Is all
the story hat Is told OF Anna Jane
sons private life.
On the other hand. the one relation
having failed. the relation to sisters.
parents and friends was correspond
ingly close and devoted. Her friendships
were legion and in most cases they
lasted for a lifetime. the one exception
being that with Lady Byron. II was
for many years IA close and devoted
friendship and was finally broken 10y
- MISUNDERSTANDING over Ada. that
sole daughter Of my house and heart
Among the famous friends OF Anna
Jameson were the two Brownlngs,
Samuel Rogers, Adelaide Proctor.
Schlegel. Harriet t;rotc, the wife of
the historian; Harriet Martineau,
Mary Russell Milford. Mrs. Gaskell.
Barry Cornwall. George Henry Iewes,
! " l. Chanpipp Rnhar, lu-,p .,J ,b.
painter ~I-andseer.
Despite Mrs. Jameson's lifelong pre-
occupation with painting. her taste
was just the uncorrected. unoriginal
taste of the day. She speaks of Ais
ton as "one OF the finest painters in
the world" There are three pictures
of Mrs. Jameson. and in looking at
them we cannot but believe that some
part OF her success in life was due
to her quite unusually lovely Cuuntc-
nance. The first picture. taken from
a miniature done by her father. shows
a pretty girl with a low, broad fore
mead. eyes well apart, a straight nose,
full lips n beautiful neck and Shout
ders. The second picture, taken from
the bust 10y j. Gibson. X. A.. show
the same regular features, hu, the face
has UNNECESSARILY gained in strength
and dignity n might easily pass as
hat of a pronouncedly handsome
Roman matron. Tho last picture. "A
photograph by Octavius Hill, shows
old benign II reposeful but still
remarkably handsome.
Anna Jameson died at the agc.of
sc. She caught a COLI returning on
foot and In n snowstorm from her
work AT the British Museum and died
a few days later. Thus death took
while still faithful TO her task "A
woman who born To old traditions yet
foresaw and foretold the awakening
OF woman in the present day.
Whether she can hope to he remem-
bered as an intellectual factor in her
time or not. those who read this biog-
raphy OF her will not refuse reverence
and admiration to her plucky spirit,
her high resolve and unrem!tting In
dustry. She bore poverty without
complaint. she supported herself and
others without becoming sordid: she
strove for "A just and broad mental
outlook and she held her mind
throughout her long life. TO the best
and most refined interests.
Miss Emily Taylor wrote Of her at
Aer death: II doubt whether any
known woman in England would he
followed to her grave by more grateful