Biographical Sketch.
MRS. MOWATT is a native of Bordeaux in France, where she spent the first six years of her life. She is the daughter of Mr. Samuel Gouverneur Ogden of New York, and was married at an early age to Mr. Mowatt, a lawyer of the same city. Two years after, she published anonymously a poetical romance in five cantos, founded on the history of the first king of Asturias. A satirical poem, displaying much talent and force, appeared soon after. She then returned to her native France, and spent several years there and in Germany. During her