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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, Iam 
always 
Your old friend, 
ExizaBetu C. AGASssiz 
TO MISS SARAH G. CARY 
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. 
Hétel Meurice, Paris, May 13, 1895 
Yesterpay I had a very pretty excursion to Fonte- 
nay-aux-Roses, where there is an establishment for 
