d history. Hers
was an extremely interesting life, remarkable no less for its
private virtues than for its public triumphs. Her struggle to gain
the place her genius deserved was heroic in its persistence and
dignity. Her relations with the authors, wits, and notables of her
day give occasion for much entertaining and interesting anecdotical
literature. Herself free from humor, she was herself often the
occasion of fun in others. The stories of her tragic manner in
private life are many and ludicrous.... The book abounds in
anecdotes, bits of criticism, and pictures of the stage and of
society in a very interesting transitional period.--_Christian
Union._

A fitting addition to this so well and so favorably known series is
the life of the wonderful actress, Sarah Siddons, by Mrs. Nina
Kennard. To most of the present generation the great woman is only
a name, though she lived until 1831; but the present volume, with
its vivid account of her life, its struggles, triumphs, and closing
years, will give to such a picture that is most lifelike. A
particularly pleasant feature of the book is the way in which the
author quotes so copiously from Mrs. Siddons's correspondence.
These extracts from letters written to friends, and with no thought
of their ever appearing in print, give the most spontaneous
expressions of feeling on the part of the writer, as well as her
own account of many events of her life. They furnish, therefore,
better data upon which to base an opinion of her real personality
and character than anything else could possibly give. The volume is
interesting from beginning to end, and one rises from its perusal
with the warmest admiration for Sarah Siddons because of her great
genius, her real goodness, and her true womanliness, shown in the
relations of daughter, wife, and mother. Modern actresses, amateur
or professional, with avowed intentions of "elevating the stage,"
should study this noble woman's example; for in this direction she
accomplished more, probably, than any other one person has ever
done, and at greater odds.--_N. E. Journal of Education._

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publishers_,

ROBERTS BROTHERS, BOSTON.

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