I hope she is
gentle and attractive in her manners, for it is essential that one
should like as well as respect one's teachers; and should these
qualities be added to the character you give of her, I am sure I
should like her for a governess very much myself. You see by the
room this subject has occupied in my letter how much it fills in my
mind; human souls, minds, and bodies are precious and wonderful
things, and to fit the whole creature for its proper aim here and
hereafter, a solemn and arduous work.

Now to other matters. You reproach me very justly for my stupid
oversight; I forgot to tell you which name appeared to me best for
your book; the fact is, I flew off into ecstasies about the work
itself, and gave you, I believe, a tirade about the "Tempest"
instead of the opinion you asked. I agree with you that there is
much in the name of a work; it is almost as desirable that a book
should be well called as that it should be well written; a
promising title-page is like an agreeable face, an inducement to
further acquaintance, and an earnest of future pleasure. For
myself, I prefer "Characters of Shakespeare's Women;" it is
shorter, and I think will look better than the other in print.

I have been spending a few happy days, previous to my departure
from Ireland, in a charming place and in the companionship of a
person I love dearly. All my powers of enjoyment have been
constantly occupied, and I have had a breathing-time of rest and
real pleasure before I recommence my work. Such seasons are like
angel's visits, but I suppose one ought to rejoice that they are
allowed us at all, rather than complain of their brevity and
infrequency. I am getting weary of wandering, and long to be once
more settled at home.

What say you to this French revolution? Have not they made good use
of their time, that in so few years from their last bloody national
convulsion men's minds should so have advanced and expanded in
France as to enable the people to overturn the government and
change the whole course of public affairs with such comparative
moderation and small loss of, life? I was still in Dublin when the
news of the recent events in France reached us, and I never
witnessed anything so like tipsiness as Lady Morgan's delight at
it. I believe sh