The book Memoir of the Life And Writings of Mrs. Hemans was written by author Owen, Harriet Mary (Browne), Mrs., D 1858. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of Memoir of the Life And Writings of Mrs. Hemans book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Memoir of the Life And Writings of Mrs. Hemans a good or bad book?
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139 tion with which she was regarded by the gifted of lier own sex, and the frank, conficUng spirit which always marked her intercourse with them. She would rejoice in their success with true sisterly disinterestedness ; and the versatility of her tastes, to which every thing really good in its kind was sure to be acceptable (always excepting science and statistics, from which she stood aloof in silent awe), gave her a capacity for enjoying with equal zest, the noble simplicity of Mrs. Joanna B...aillie, the graphic reality of Miss Mitford, the true-hearted originality of Mary Howitt, or the exquisite tenderness of Miss Bowles. The Sunday Evening of the latter — that pure and pious little poem, which, in its own sweet language, " Falls on the heart like dew On the drooping heather-bell," was first introduced to Mrs. Hemans through a strangely circuitous medium, having been sent to her from Canada by her brother, in a Montreal gazette. Long before they knew even the name of its author, it had gained for itself the love and favour of the whole household.
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