The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . of jasmine,overpowering in their fragrance. Against the low eaves-of the several lodges sat singers, players upon rude in-struments of the land, and glib talkers, who waxed elo-quent, and gesticulated with exceeding grace. Foot-steps rustled before and behind me ; I stole into thethicket, and saw lovers wandering together, locked ineach others embrace, and saw friends go hand-in-hand,conversing i
The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . of jasmine,overpowering in their fragrance. Against the low eaves-of the several lodges sat singers, players upon rude in-struments of the land, and glib talkers, who waxed elo-quent, and gesticulated with exceeding grace. Foot-steps rustled before and behind me ; I stole into thethicket, and saw lovers wandering together, locked ineach others embrace, and saw friends go hand-in-hand,conversing in low tones, or perhaps mute, with an im-pressive air of the most complete tranquillity. Thenight-blooming cereus laid its ivory urn open to themoonlight, and a myriad of crickets chirped in one con-tinuous jubilee. Voices of merriment were wafted downto me ; and stealing onward toward the great meadowby the stream, where the sleepless inhabitants of thevalley held high carnival, I saw the most dignified chiefsof Meha sporting like children, while the children ca-pered like imps, and the whole community seemed be-witched with the glorious atmosphere of that particularnight.—South-Sea ^w ^^^^p^^^ STODDARD, Mrs. Elizabeth Drew (Bar-stow), an American poet and novelist, wife ofRichard Henry Stoddard, born in Mattapoisett,Mass., on the 6th of May, 1823; died on the 1stof August, 1902. At an early age she showedher inclination toward literature, but her contribu-tions to periodicals (which have been numerous)did not begin to appear till after her marriage(1857) to Richard Henry Stoddard. Among herworks are three strong novels: The Morgesons(1862); Two Men (1865); Temple Home (1868);and Tally Dinks s Doings (1874), a story for chil-dren. A new edition of her novels was publishedin 1888. Her verse was not collected into a vol-ume until 1895. Pre-eminently, says WilliamSharp, in the Academy, these poems are thework of a woman, in the sense that they express,with extraordinary
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