Excerpt from The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell
I have been entrusted by my aunt, Miss Elizabeth Sewell, with her autobiography, and feel that I am carrying out her wishes in having it published, so that many to whom the record Of her life will be Of interest may have it in her own words. Some Of my friends have urged me to add to this record further extracts from her journal, so I have inserted them with the chapters in the auto biography, to correspond as nearly as possible with regard to dates. Any account Of her life would be incomplete without some notice Of her educational and literary work, and Of the deep interest she manifested in all schemes for women's welfare therefore a few additions will be found at the end Of the book. The following have kindly contributed papers on these subjects: Miss H. J. Harvey, who was.
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