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

Storapbtcal Rotes
Soon after the beginning of her acquaintance with
Mr. Butler, she with other guests accompanied him
to the West as far as Chicago. While taking this
journey she wrote many articles for the press of
New-York, giving lively descriptions of the West,
and prophesying a great future for that part of the
country.
In x853 she visited Europe with Mr. Butler and his
family. During this visit she made the acquaintance
of Thomas Carlyle and many other eminent people in
England. The party then traveled to Paris, Florence,
Venice, and Rome. She improved these opportunities in visiting some of the most celebrated studios,
and in earnestly studying the great masterpieces of
ancient art which adorn the museums and galleries
of those cities. This study was afterward continued
and extended in the several visits which she made
to Europe with her husband.
On her return to New-York, she took up her usual
occupations, and the "Saturday evenings" were resumed. To these the attention of the public was
called by several writers of the time. Among them
may be mentioned Catherine Sedgwick, herself a
teacher and an authoress. Having attended one of
these gatherings, she published an article in which
she expressed much surprise that a young lady without position or fortune, and struggling for existence,
should have succeeded in attracting to herself a
society which in its intellectual character was far
superior to any in the city.
Bayard Taylor, who became a constant guest, thus
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