Memoirs of Anne C.L. Botta,: written by her friends. With selections from her correspondence and from her writings in prose and poetry.

BY KATE FIELD, WASHINGTON, D.C.
T is a busy, struggling world we live in, and
few pause when even the greatest are borne
to the grave; but sometimes the passing on
of a rare soul makes us stop and think. Such a soul
had the noble woman who left us suddenly on March
23, 1 89I, who bore the honored name of Anne Charlotte Lynch until she married Vincenzo Botta, a distinguished Italian who under the direction of his
government had come to America to investigate our
system of education. When he sailed for this country
his future wife sailed for Europe in company with her
friends Charles Butler and family.
This man and this woman passed each other on
the high seas, and even when Miss Lynch returned
to New-York, Professor Botta carried about for six
months a letter of introduction to her, so averse was
he to meeting unknown people. At last he presented
it, and then-he called daily. The subject of Victor
Emmanuel at once recognized the generous, sympathetic American whose quick intelligence was the
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