. Review of reviews and world's work. hor of Sparta-cus should choose a country parish, where hecould have a free use of the pen, instead of apopular city church, seems remarkable. Butevery man knows his own inward calling. AndElijali Kellogg made his country-parisli life feltin all of tlie other parishes of America. Sohe did not preacli to a scattered population andtill his farm in vain. Such holy and rustic oc-cupations made his books for him, and gave hisliterary work life and power ; and to gain rightinfluence is more than any other thing. Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, the editor of <Juve-nil


. Review of reviews and world's work. hor of Sparta-cus should choose a country parish, where hecould have a free use of the pen, instead of apopular city church, seems remarkable. Butevery man knows his own inward calling. AndElijali Kellogg made his country-parisli life feltin all of tlie other parishes of America. Sohe did not preacli to a scattered population andtill his farm in vain. Such holy and rustic oc-cupations made his books for him, and gave hisliterary work life and power ; and to gain rightinfluence is more than any other thing. Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, the editor of <Juve-nile Miscellany, lived to be almost 80 years ofage. She retired to Wayland, Mass., in her lastyears for a quiet life. Juvenile periodicals hadtheir beginning in her work. Natlianiel Willis, the first editor of the YoutKsCompanion^ lived beyond 90 years. WilliamMattliews, autliorof Getting On in the World,still lives in Boston, and does active work andmingles in social life at a very advanced recently Father Locke, who sang his. THOMAS WENTHWORTHIIIGGINSON. 702 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS.


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