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

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in Philadelphia, superintending the studies of a young
lady who desired to complete her education; and it
was while here that she made the acquaintance of
Fanny Kemble, who soon became strongly attached
to her, presenting her to a much wider circle of literary people. In a letter which Mrs. Kemble wrote to
her after having read some of her poems, she said:
" I thought, on perusing your verses, This, indeed, is
the work of one of God's elect." The great actress
had a strong will, and resented at once the least opposition. She would raise her imperious head in
disdain if anything she had said was questioned.
But she has been known to submit before the sweet
smile and genial manner of Anne C. Lynch, who
sometimes dared to express a different opinion.
After leaving Philadelphia, she with her mother
settled in New-York city. They took a house in
Waverly Place, where in 1846 I again became a
member of their family. Miss Lynch received every
Saturday evening, wrote for periodicals, and resumed
teaching, taking a position as teacher of English composition in the Brooklyn Academy for young ladies.
Soon we removed to Eighth street; then in 1849
to Ninth street. About this time she published her
poems in book form; they were illustrated by distinguished artists of that time.' The volume elicited
universal praise, and among those whose homage
she received was Edgar A. Poe, who in his "Literati"
1 The "Battle of Life" was illustrated by Duggan; "The Angel of
Death," by H. K. Brown; "Teaching the Scriptures," by Huntingt o n; "Portrait of Frederika Bremer," by Sodermark; "To the Mem
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