Evening star., 1928-04-29

similar publication that would print
| them; to adopt signature--not an al
literative or romantic one, but char
acteriStic one which shall be recognized
as her writer's trade mark. so TO speak
| and stick to that signature and that
paper until something better offers, II
it ever does. IN that way many of our
/ best authors have begun. But one must
I remember that there are so many edu-
! Gated and thoughtful men and women
waiting here and everywhere that sue
/ cess is the exception and not the rule.
X
Boston. July 2S, 1872.
/ I HOPE you are gaining strength with
/ every year to bear your burdens
/ cheerfully and hopefully. l think your
| eyes so well opened to nature and to
human character that you must find a
/ great deal in your quiet village to keep
YOU looking and thinking. Did you ever
/ read Whites Natural History of Sell
bourne? If not get hold of it and see
how much two obServant eyes found to
attract them in a little English village
/ That and Walton's Angler" are two
! books that carry the spirit of cheerful
| ness and contentment with them beyond
most others that know.
Boston, September /. 1872.
NTE had to come home from New
w port before our visit was half out.
One Of our servants, a most excellent
girl on whom We depended, was taken
i'll and died in a week We had no
sooner got back than my sons wife
came back from the seashore with
rheumatic fever and was soon help
less on her back. The city empty-no
H.. = e. 4r.,-
anything TO be had. A solemn house
hold-but we did find nurse at last,
only she was opulent In private grief
and magnified tears and vented groanS
as she concocted Cruel. The poor soul
was tired out and too old. Well. she
wept herself out of sight after a few
DAYS and by good luck we got hold Of
a lively young woman who came in
and helped keep us afioat.
I am not in a very amiable state
not very cross either, for I have got
through writing my Atlantic articles
for the year and had them all set in
type and II you are very good girl
and l don't forget it (if ! do see to
if that YOU remind me sharply I will
send YOU one of the first copies after
it comes out. am glad you like
White-only you should have had
the complete work I think 1t is one
of the most Suggestively contented and
contenting books / know. l like the
way YOU write, because 1t seems 10 me
as If you we're taking the lesson OF
life kindly. thoughtfully and, as far
as your sensitive nature admits, cheer
fully. It is mighty hard TO be cheerful
sometimes, as have been finding out,
but your warm-hearted letter gave me
little life.
K
September 90. 1872.
T HAVE been working to get ready for
my seven months of teaching, which
begin day after tomorrow and keep
me pretty steadily at it until the be-
ginning of May. But now that Della
has come to take poor Mary's place
and Jennie wields the broom which
was lately in the hands of Annie, who
is of for another place and, / suspect.
a possible husband. the household be-
gins to breathe a little more freely and
/ am getting courage TO attend 10 my
friends. What shall say TO you upon
the point you have touched upon 50
delicateIy. yet with so much interest?
Shall ] find fault because you think
more of me than / deserve or than
think OF myself? There is no help for
this anicable overeStimate and ] can
safely assure you IL does not break
anybody's heart TO be made too much
OF. I will confess as much as this
that I have a great many appeals
from persons. especially women. VINO
had no binding claim on me and that
have always considered them seriously
and answered them kindly.
am afraid that many OF my cor
respondents. however. did not appreci-
ate my kindness. for / have had 10
dash the hopes Of very large num-
her of them who believed themselves
10 have a poetical gift. not without
reason always, but very commonly
without knowing how much force OF
talent 1t requires to crowd new
writer into the dense literary crowd
that tlrongs the avenues o. publicity:
Give me credit for some patience ana
good nature, for some fairness OF
Judgment and a reasonable degree Of
truth~telIing candor and / do not
know but that / viii confess TO de-
serving II.
But I could not have many, you
know that would interest me as you
have done Think what mere child
in wears you we're when you first made
my acquaintance, how you seemed 10
fan in with my wish and ability 10
serve you, and how much reason have
had 10 think that my poor service mas
not been IN vain in the Lord.
! hardly know what new counsel 10
give you. Sometimes think you do
not want II about reading. You have
formed so sound a taste OF your own
always Of course, excepting your
partiaiity for my own poor writings
hope have not spoiled your, and are
such a natural reader. which Us more
than I dare consider myself, although
of course, ] have tasted a great num-
bcr of books and read many though
fewer than many Of our scholars Wen.
IT, does you good 10 write now and
chen, end II does me good To be told
that ycu want me To keep on writing.
~ r.
October 27, 1872.
MY Dear Miss Esther: U have put
WI in the HI forgot) You must
not think / have forgotten 10 send you
my book of poems, bat / have been 30
much occupied with a lecture delivered
here IN free course, for ladies only.
and my lectures at the college mat ]
have not sent away single copy AZ
get / shall try 10 send you one 20
morrow, but, as you know, the public
conyeyances Of all kinds are so Incer"
tain on account of the horse disease
that one can hardly depend on any
thing going punctuaiIy. am
very glad " stop writing for the present,
AZ / want q great deal of time for my
course u oyer g 100 lectures AT the
college ! hope you viii IND some
fBlng in the next years Atlantic 10
please you better than my papers nave
done. No. do not honestly believe
nat I do hope you win find some
thing " please you. but / am afraid !
/ would rather haye you sigh and say.
( well, this IN good, but did somehow
! ike those papers ~ my friend little
: better"
/ ~
January II, 1873.
/ MY Dear Miss Ester: must write
. Il LIZ n AHI