letter is sent was nursery-maid when the writer of the
letter and several brothers and sisters were young; and, more than this,
she was maid to their mother in early years. She is still in this
gentleman's family. Her name is Cygnet; Kate's babe was named for her.
MARY is the lady's married sister.
CHLOE is Mary's servant.
The incidental character of this letter and the way in which it came to
me, gave it a special charm. Some recent traveller, describing his
sensations at Heidelberg Castle, speaks of a German song which he heard,
at the moment, from a female at some distance and out of sight. This
letter, like that song, derives much of its effect from the
unconsciousness of the author that it would reach a stranger.
Having read this letter many times, always with the same emotions as at
first, I resolved to try the effect of it upon my friend, A. Freeman
North. He is an upright man, much sought after in the settlement of
estates, especially where there are fiduciary trusts. Placing the letter
in his hands, I asked him, when he should have read it, to put in
writing his impressions and reflections. The result will be found in the
next chapter. Mrs. North, also, will engage the reader's kind attention.
CHAPTER II.
NORTHERN COMMENTS ON SOUTHERN LIFE.
"As blind men use to bear their noses higher
Than those that have their eyes and sight entire."
HUDIBRAS.
"One woman reads another's character
Without the tedious trouble of decyphering."
BEN JONSON. _New Inn_.
So then, this is a Southern heart which prompts these loving, tender
strains. This lady is a slave-holder. It is a slave toward whom this
fellow-feeling, this gentleness of pity, these acts of loving-kindness,
these yearnings of compassion, these respectful words, and all this care
and assiduity, flow forth.
Is she not some singular exception among the people of her country; some
abnormal product, an accidental grace, a growth of luxuriant richness in
a deadly soil, or, at least,
Notka biograficzna
Reverend Nehemiah Adams (born February 19, 1806; died October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. He was ordained as co-pastor of First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that same year. In 1832, he married Martha Hooper.
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Joanna Baillie (September 11, 1762February 23, 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well-known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, her cottage at Hampstead was the centre of a brilliant literary society. Baillie died at the age of 88, her faculties remaining unimpaired to the last.