A

MEMOIR

OF

MRS. ANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULD;

WITH MANY OF HER LETTERS.

BY

GRACE A. ELLIS.

"To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine.”

TICKELL.

N

AND CO.

BOSTON:

JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY,
LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & Co

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874,

BY GRACE A. ELLIS,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,

CAMBRIDGE.

TO

MY MOTHER

I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES,

INSCRIBING

THIS IMPERFECT, BUT NOT UNFAITHFUL WORK,

WHICH I HOPE MAY PERPETUATE

The Memory

OF A VIRTUOUS AND TALENTED WOMAN, AND AWAKEN NEW INTEREST IN HER LIFE AND WRITINGS,

TO ONE

WHO HAS EVER BEEN TO ME

A FRIEND, A GUIDE, AND AN INSPIRATION,

WITH THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF AFFECTIONATE

REGARD.