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Show - r WOMAN'S EXPONENT. 154: ' find her in almost a child, with a ' of to 'figure an not collection was le unfitting portrayal litt essentially, This seems, Roberta Brothers. eyes young face, large, frank, widely-openeMrs Alcott s great hearted self, ho ttie hrave tn Mis Ellen Eurrrsnn, of Concord; manner and a striHde of Christie, hex busy, changeful, heroic who had been a younger playmate of the Al simplicity. life work and its successes, seem cott children, for whom ami lor the young of parents who had outgrown the Bom She not unfaithfully to represent Miss Alcott's Hawtbornes the stories were written. Views-owhat a woman ought to know, harrow he, too. taught, sewed, had an ambition to go upon the stage, and earlier womanhood. which pfevailallQvejL India, instructed while7 ' the soldiers in the hosaetii.ig in private - wrote; she, too, nursed jmrfly f ti it i f - i heix-lfb' I child in Sanskrit, by her deyoted mother, theatricals iii Boston,1 and in Concord, after pital iii d8G2.. And, like her own; heroine, yet a iu au niuwiru man csij)aoie her "family returned to that town in 1 8.7. these experiences and, the patient doftig of .married at Sixieeu her worth, widowedafter only of appreciating duties, the brave encounters with With her two sisfers, ordy otto of whom (Mrs. many e adverse fortunethe sympathetic knowledge of nineteen months of happy wed'led lifeYfRama-ba- i John Pratt, No. 10 Louisburg Square; has consecrated her life and abilities to the heavier burdens and sorrows than her own, and survives her, took part in many dramatic exhiwork of .helping the women of India, out of. ' bitions at Concord; until near the beginning of of the hearts of men and women in varying darkness into the light of education and free-- ' the Civil War, and, in the 'meantime, wa.s circumstances these, aud the love and help . '. 'fulness thev never failed to call forth from her dom. busily engaged" in .writing dictum lor the newsthe her before learned At Calcutta, aud maniage, that the and trust own heart, grew papers, and a novel, which she afterwards pubstrengthened in times of need, helped to give young Sanskrit scholar was called beforelhe lished under the name ofJvVIoods.' assembled pufolits and examined. They con- the nobility after the war. broke out, die offered her services her discipline," the and patience and cneerruiness so noiiceaon; iu fVrrrd upon her the title of Sarasvati, which, v as a Jj o jiital nurse in Washht g o i 1, and from Miss Willa'rd tells us. mean75 ''Miiiervar1"Frnmlt n r n nd d isf i n (u l l e ( v r n a n . i i p f: w n s iii "one of the. hospitals there- wrote to her mother "In 1SG3, Roberts. Briliers published the 1884 to I8S0 the Puudita occupied a position and sister.the letter which she afterwards en- in the Ladies' College as leptu'rer the name of first, and in April of the following year the larged and printed-under leisure waa ilt Cheltenham, England, while book, printed', by second volume of 'Little Women, also several of her books since written to carry forward the devoted to the study. "of ruathematics, science ; James Red j at h in 1 SGJ, bad a great Miec-She comes to the and first i u t rolujcaLJio gem ra notice as an characters thus introduced, or to gratify the and English literature. ' d em and which fo u n d ex p ress i onTon a 11 sin es - women of --A merica - to fell the storyuofLIiex author.'Hindu";. sisters- and to. ask foi; help to enable ' her. many admirers for a 'sequel.' Inand broke .in among '.down tbJlpjitab jllerhealth t b es e 1 1 i n d uT wo rn errto ii elH ht- msel vcs. for a long tiniO her lite adesp;iireof f. Her deed, all "MjsrATcoUV UwiTfs Veem" Tmn'oT whet In the concluding chapter of her very inter Jiealth was never fully restored after this illness, the appetite of her readers for 'more' of the Hindu Woman," same sort, and 'Aunt Jo exclaim?: esting book, "The High-Castwddehtn tinned 4lmug avsAiter nranv years of careful siie H ml u ? tryrw h a teyer r ti mm I --to - w r i tevt i t observation and -- thought, I. hayeCQme to thehcn?taten)f health; and about twenty year? ago suit these voracious littlerOliver Twists forever ' conclusioh that the,, chief needs of attained that popularity as an author of clamoring for more.', 2nd, "Miss Alcott's published works also included, dlindu women are 1st, stories for children which' die has enjoyed ever Ed u cation ; 3rd , Native Women Tea chers;" 'An Girl,' 'Light Cou.dus since." and she proceeds to set forth her plan for help-- ' Rose in Bloom," Jack and Jill' and 'Under - - "Miss Alcott's early education was largely the ing them in a manner which inspires one with Lilacs;' besides some six- or eight volumes gained by her. own independent study and of short stories. The author of still another faith both in her own sincere devotion" to the reading, with the counsel and help and inspirawork and in her ability as a woman of business. book,. for older readers, 'A Modern Mephisto-pheles- ' tion of the wise friends with, whom she was in the 'No Name Series,' is attributed J A worn a u finely, ed u cated. as Ramabai js , in- surrounded, and to whom she was ever ready terested in women, able to express herself with to her. Something like one hundred thousand to confess her indebtedness Mr. Emerson, after a simple elegance of diction" which is itself her own father and mother, Was one of the first dollars is said t j have beeii received by her as eloquent when it tells the pathetic story of the of 4ier- f riends and helpers. His the proceeds of these, her7 W)ks."i?oe!m 7 hampered and hindered worn a n hoodoo nrrnr Transcript. library, his -- sucha'woman willadd interest and vahuVto to her. The death of Miss Alcott will be felt very "the sessions' Whittier was' her favorite of the International Council of modern and Heramong "poets," deeply by the little people, both boys and girls, quaiut George Women. bert of the older ones, she loved to read. She wherever her books have been circulated- - We had been abroad-twicei1805 and 1870. know interest her books An International Exhibition, of Industry 'Early in 1882, Mr. Alcott was stricken have been read '"eye7"inUfalf, where he was books and her knoun onlyr through with paralysis, and during most of the time newspaper Science and Art will be held in GJasgow, -1 -tM 1 has been " at" iss iiotrees; Alco iretyteTTJthTsrTemarODrerrirer Scotland," this spnng Queen VjCt0"a 3PatlT!n mtilTpuite recently; his side, forgetful, in great measure, of all was pure and sincere, and her stories were told of the section devoted to Woman's Art and with that easy grace and symplicity that never-fail.other tasks and claims. Industry. The secretary, Miss Grace Paterson, to win admiration even from the children. "It- was known to friends, and acknowledged 27 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow, asks Jbr exhibits from American women. The. matter is in by Miss Alcott herself, that 'Little Women' is Millions of children undoubtedly have read Jo's "Aunt "Little "Little Men,'' Women," the hands of Mrs MBride, 179 Tremont St., Jh .')rJAcnitfmfre- or less literal, of her own "Shawl Strap," "My Girls," Boston, to" whom reports, business cards, etc, and her sistersr girlhood. In 'Jo's Boys she Scrap Bag"-serie"lommey s Cruise in the I mafore and other should be sent. -t- eiUJiow a 'book for girls certain publisher she hastily scribbled a little books, and will never forget the delight her ;rAll"persons attendiDgTtheInfernational t story, describing a few scenes and" adventures "stories have giveh thniT The first thought we Council should plan to remain overdo the seshad on hearing of her death was, what will in the lives of herself and sisters though boys sions of the National Woman Suffrage Associawere,niore in her line- - and withslight hope "Harper's Young People" be without iss Altion, April 3rd and 4th. These are always of of success, sent it out to seek its fortune,' and cott's stories? Her sublime poem, entitled, "Transfiguragreat interest, and will be even more so this how it 'sailed straight into public favor, and came back laden with an unexpected cargo of tion," puplished in the Woman's Journal ... of year on account of the large, attendance tbtre March 10, speaks forcibly of the great soul of will' be of officers and delegates. The reports gold and glory.' Miss Alcott herself was 'Jo;' the departed, and we who are left can indeed fromthe States and the plans discussed in the whom father and her sister, MrsMVatt pith . executive sessions will give members a glimpse sister joined household); is the original of,'Meg,' say with her, in the verse we quote below, of thereal work and interest which mother of 'Jo's Roys,' or 'Little Men.' 'Beth', "How could we mourn like those who are bereft, continued for these many years has made poswas the Elizabeth who died many years ago; W hen every pang of grief sible the magnificent International Council, as a and 'Amy tre7 transposition of 'May' The Found balm-foits re'.ief dress parade of the woman movement. Ex.., . ... In counting up the treasures she had left.'1 lovely artistsister, Mrs. Neuriker, who died in Taris in lS7i), leaving to Miss Alcott her inQi Amos Bronson Alcott died on Sunday, March fant daughter, Louisa May Neuriker. In the PUNDIT A RAMABAL 4th, at his home in Concord, in his eighty-nint- h i a 'Jo's there allusion Boys' prefaceto pathetic year. .'.He was active and eminent in "' to the originals of 'Amy' and others no longer the other noted women who will literature and in, conversational lectures until Among -present 'to suggest and criticise and laugh' over speak at the Woman's Jubilee (as it has been four years ago, when he wa3 stricken with their namesakes. termed by some one) in March, at Washington, paralysis. During this time he has;been ten" 'Work, or Christie's Experiment.' Miss of" one the 'most is Pundita perhaps derly cared for by the beloved , daughter, Alcott labelled 'A story of experience.' 'Of Ramabai Sarasvati of interesting more India, Louisa M. Alcott, who, weakened, by the long familiarly hef; own experience,' addlier friends. For she, Known as me runuita Kamabai.strain upon her nervous system, sank quickly they tell 113, went bravely away one autumn When one has heard something of the after her father's death, and was re united with day to seek her fortune, or, at least,. 'intent on learning the courage, the single heartedness of him but two days later. So ended in its fifty- carrying out her resolution to be, forevermore, Ramaliai, and U then broug h t face to face wi th fifth year a life of usefulness and inspiration, v and independent.' And as Tol.f this little woman whom American sisters but her memory will be cherished as long as many 'Little Women,' 'Little Men' and 'Jo's Boys' have already learned to Toye, one is surprised there shall be "little women" in the land. Mx. 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