interest of his work. Characters not only strong but so uniquely
strong, genius so supreme, misfortunes so overwhelming, set in its
scenery so forlornly picturesque, could not fail to attract all
readers, if told even in the most prosaic language. When we add to
this, that Miss Robinson has told their story _not_ in prosaic
language, but with a literary style exhibiting all the qualities
essential to good biography, our readers will understand that this
life of Emily Bronte is not only as interesting as a novel, but a
great deal more interesting than most novels. As it presents most
vividly a general picture of the family, there seems hardly a
reason for giving it Emily's name alone, except perhaps for the
masterly chapters on 'Wuthering Heights,' which the reader will
find a grateful condensation of the best in that powerful but
somewhat forbidding story. We know of no point in the Bronte
history--their genius, their surroundings, their faults, their
happiness, their misery, their love and friendships, their
peculiarities, their power, their gentleness, their patience, their
pride,--which Miss Robinson has not touched upon with
conscientiousness and sympathy."--_The Critic._

"'Emily Bronte' is the second of the 'Famous Women Series,' which
Roberts Brothers, Boston, propose to publish, and of which 'George
Eliot' was the initial volume. Not the least remarkable of a very
remarkable family, the personage whose life is here written,
possesses a peculiar interest to all who are at all familiar with
the sad and singular history of herself and her sister Charlotte.
That the author, Miss A. Mary F. Robinson, has done her work with
minute fidelity to facts as well as affectionate devotion to the
subject of her sketch, is plainly to be seen all through the
book."--_Washington Post._

Famous Women Series.

MARGARET FULLER.

BY JULIA WARD HOWE.

"A memoir of the woman who first in New England took a position of
moral and intellectual leadership, by the woman who wrote the
Battle Hymn of the Republic, is a literary event of no common or
transient interest. The Famous Women Series will have no worthier
subject and no more illustrious biographer. Nor will the reader be
disappointed,--for the narrative is deeply interesting and full of
inspiration