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Radcliffe in their resolution to keep our college up to 

 a standard worthy of its relation to our old Univer- 

 sity. To this end we must work together with single- 

 hearted sincerity of purpose. Sending you an affec- 

 tionate greeting across the sea for the New Year, I am 

 always 



Your old friend, 



ELIZABETH C. AGASSIZ 



TO MISS SARAH G. GARY 

 Hotel Grande Bretagne, Florence, April 5, 1895 

 YESTERDAY we all went to such a pretty festa (for 

 Easter) given by Mrs. Alexander, and Pauline shar- 

 ing, for the poor school in which Pauline has been in- 

 terested. The children had a dinner first (about sev- 

 enty there were), and then all were collected in the 

 schoolroom to receive their gifts. Each had three 

 presents apiece and an orange. And then there was a 

 surprise which Pauline had prepared a plant in 

 flower for each child. That carried the day nothing 

 they had received seemed to give them the pleasure 

 that these growing plants did. So they went off, a 

 floral procession, each child bearing his or her pot all 

 in bloom. Indeed I hardly know how they managed 

 to bear away all their treasures. They had full hands 

 and full hearts, I think. The rounds of applause were 

 loud and long. 



Hotel Meurice, Paris, May 13, 1895 

 YESTERDAY I had a very pretty excursion to Fonte- 

 nay-aux-Roses, where there is an establishment for 



