Biographical Sketch.
Two volumes of the joint productions of these united sisters have been given to the world: the first in 1843, called The Wife of Leon and other Poems, which was published anonymously, or with the title with which we have headed our sketch; the second in 1846, namely, The Indian Chamber and other Poems, by Mrs. Catherine Ann Warfield, and Mrs. Eleanor Percy Lee. Of their outward life we know nothing. It commenced, we believe, at Natchez, Mississippi, and one of them, Mrs. Warfield, resides at Grasmere, near Lexington, Kentucky. That their inward life is full of poetic beauty, and of the sweet yet mournful enchantment bestowed by true sentiment and strong imagination, may be seen by all who read their poems. There is something touching and noble about their sisterly union, —the purest, holiest, most undecaying friendship their souls will ever know. We love to think upon it! Whether Mrs. Lee has more original talent than Mrs. Warfield, or Mrs. Warfield writes with greater ease than Mrs. Lee, is entirely concealed by their generous affection.