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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and her honored husband formed a center which
attracted thinking people not only from their own
city, but from all parts of this country and from other
countries. At their table the ideas which I had most
at heart were broached and discussed; thither she
brought the men and women who could discuss
them to the best advantage. In her parlors from
time to time I met those who were best worth my
knowing, and from them received inspirations to
better thought and work. Time after time, almost
worn out and discouraged, I sought relief from University cares in her society and in that of her husband and friends, and never failed to be revived and
strengthened by it.
In her letters, too, she showed her noble characteristics; she seemed to like nothing better than discussing problems best worth thinking upon, and she
always did this in a noble spirit,- bringing out
thoughts and giving suggestions sure to bear useful
fruit.
In this acquaintance of mine I soon found that I
was but one of many to whom she was constantly
giving aid. This aid was of many sorts. Her charity, both in the ordinary and higher senses of the
word, was boundless; she was continually making
sacrifices to it; but the aid which she took especial
delight in administering, was to men and women
engaged in some work which she thought good.
Young men and young women struggling to
make themselves felt in science, literature, art, or the
work of higher instruction, were the especial objects
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