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

anne ~. Z. cotta
really happy. Every new possession seems to bring
a new want. This utter insufficiency of everything
human and earthly, to satisfy the soul, seems one of
the strongest proofs of its immortality.
I once thought of writing a kind of fairy tale, in
which the hero should by some supernatural aid have
all his wishes gratified. He should desire wealth,
fame, love, power, and each in turn should fail to
satisfy. At last, in despair, he should resign his supernatural power of accomplishing his wishes, and
seek from the guardian spirit who attended him the
secret of that happiness he had failed to secure. He
now learns for the first time that "the Kingdom of
Heaven is within him." That he carries it with him
and diffuses it around. That it is in seeking the happiness and good of others that he is to find his own,
rather than in the pursuit of selfish ends. How
do you like the plot?...
I am sincerely yours, A. C. L.
GREENWICH, CONN., June 19, 1853.
My dear Friend:... The weather has been so
warm in the city the past week, that I proposed to
Ma that we come here and spend Sunday....
We had a pleasant ride of an hour in the cars, and
when we reached this town found very pleasant accommodations. I rose very early this morning, intending to see the sun rise; but he was ahead of me.
However, I had a most delightful walk of two hours.
The country about here is beautiful. On one side
is the sound with Long Island in the distance, and on
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