Essays on Life 



She has so many times i feel sure if she tells 

 her young man he will have patient for he is 

 a very kind young man 



" i remain your sincerely 



" ELIZABETH NEWTON." 



The last letter in my collection seems 

 written almost within measurable distance of 

 the Christmas-card era. The sheet is headed 

 by a beautifully embossed device of some 

 holly in red and green, wishing the recipient 

 of the letter a merry Xmas and a happy 

 new year, while the border is crimped and 

 edged with blue. I know not what it is, 

 but there is something in the writer's highly 

 finished style that reminds me of Mendels- 

 sohn. It would almost do for the words of 

 one of his celebrated " Lieder ohne Worte " : 



" DEAR Miss MARIA, I hasten to acknow- 

 ledge the receipt of your kind note with the 

 inclosure for which I return my best thanks. 

 I need scarcely say how glad I was to know 

 that the volumes secured your approval, and 

 that the announcement of the improvement 



in the condition of your Sister's legs afforded 



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