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and tasteful little house , where much good work has 

 been done for humanity. Here is the study where 

 brave books have been written, a whole line of them 

 on a shelf by themselves. The walls are lined with 

 books high up ; and above them are portraits and 

 framed autographs, intertwined with vines. Here I 

 read a communication dictated by Victoria, Queen of 

 England, and above it a protection paper in three lan- 

 guages, signed by George Washington. Here I see a 

 framed photograph of Charlotte Cushman, Mrs. Han- 

 af ord's warm friend till death, and there a picture of 

 Father Ballou, the American pioneer of Universal- 

 ism. In her little dining-room below stairs, many dis- 

 tinguished men and women have sat down to table. 

 Lucretia Mott has left the benediction of her smile in 

 this place, and I sit where Lady Duff us Hardy sat but 

 yesterday. Vis-a-vis to Mrs. Hanaford sits Miss Miles, 

 the brave preacher woman's other self. Mrs. Hana- 

 ford is as far possible removed from the traditional 

 "woman's rights" woman, — a gentle face, a gentle 

 voice, a heart full of big womanly thoughts, and hand 

 always open towards the poor. She is one of the most 

 earnest workers in the Sorosis Club, and much loved 

 in the social circle, wherein she is always a strong in- 

 fluence for good." 



Samuel Haynes Jenks. 



Although not a native, Mr. Jenks was for many 

 years so closely identified with the town of Nantucket 

 in all that concerned its prosperity that he is deserving 

 a place among its distinguished men and women. 



Samuel Haynes Jenks, the distinguished editor and 



