Cause of death - Tropical fever.
Abigail changed her name to 'Maria'.
Abigail married on 26 August 1810
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
John BROOKS
{born - 10 August 1772
at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
died - 11 May 1823
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
They were the parents of two sons;
Horace and Edgar.
John Brooks is interred in Tomb 190
Son of Jonathan BROOKS and Ruth FOX}.
BOSTON COURIER - December 1845:
****************************
Maria Brooks died on the 11 November
at Matanzas in the Island of Cuba
from the debility consequent upon
a severe fit of sickness.
****************************
THE MEDFORD HISTORICAL REGISTER:
"Maria del Occidente"
****************************
During a childhood of prosperity, Maria early developed cultural skills, having attained by the age of twelve proficiency in both music and painting as well as knowledge of several modern languages. After her father's death, she was placed under the protection of her wealthy brother-in-law, John Brooks [widower of her sister, Lucretia, with two sons] apparently with the agreement that Maria was to marry him when her education was complete. The earnestness of her protest against too early a marriage at age sixteen is expressed in her notes. For a short time Maria continued to live in affluence and to enjoy the social and cultural advantages of Boston; however, during the war of 1812, John had invested in unsuccessful privateering vessels resulting in the loss of the major portion of his fortune. John moved his family to Portland in Maine where his wife was subjected to the loneliness and boredom of a settlement that offered scant rewards to those in straitened circumstances. Maria was highly intellectual and artistic, and her life in the narrow and provincial town was unhappy. The ladies of the neighborhood looked with disfavor upon books and music as leading to ‘Idleness' and Maria often occupied herself with sewing when it was not needed, and her books were her solace. There, Maria was described as a ‘very handsome lady, with winning manners, purest blond complexion, blue eyes, abundant pale gold hair, who sang very sweetly' and, who devoted herself to her sons and step-sons.
Her marital relationship was unsatisfactory, John was kind to Maria, however, the marriage was not a happy one, for she had married more out of gratitude and filial respect than for love. They were the parents of two sons, Edgar and Horace. Since there was no understanding of the girl on John's part, he won her respect, not her love. Furthermore, she had suddenly experienced an intense passion for a young Canadian army officer, whose name remains a mystery, his initials were E. W. R. and figures as ‘Ethelwald' in her novel, Idomen. Forbidden both by convention and conscience to encourage such a passion, Maria, partially to relieve her frustration, turned to writing. At the age of nineteen she had composed a metrical romance in seven cantos, though it was never made public.
John Brooks died in 1823, leaving his family almost penniless, forcing Maria to look to her own relatives for support; and she sailed that October for Cuba to live with her brother, William Cutter Gowen, on his coffee plantation near Matanzas. Here she declined the opportunity to wed a neighboring planter to solve her difficulties, as one loveless marriage was enough, [as a girl she was docile, as a woman she was firm] and shortly afterward proceeded to Canada, where she became engaged to the young army officer for whom she felt her heart had been destined. Eventually, however, the engagement was dissolved by Maria, and she underwent a period of violent emotional upset, almost, if not quite, amounting to derangement. She attempted suicide in a very strange fashion, by means of drinking laudanum, at the same time praying that she might be spared if it was God's will that she live; then the poison might be without effect - she became deathly ill but recovered. Then she repeated the process with like effect. The kind efforts of a friend nursed her back to bodily and mental health, and Maria, in her gratitude, ever afterward wore a small cross which her rescuer had given her. After this dreadful experience, Maria seems to have become fully reconciled to life, and devoted herself to the education of her children, and to those ‘literary employments' which she found the greater solace of her life. She returned to Cuba where, after the death of her brother, William, she had inherited the coffee plantation, it being considerable property and a source of financial support for the rest of her life. There, on the Cafetal San Patricio near Matanzas, in a little Grecian temple erected for her by her brother, dressed all in white with a passion flower in her hair and around her neck the ribbon with the memorial cross, she now began the composition of "Zophiel, or, the Bride of Seven" an Oriental romance. In 1829 she left Cuba for Hanover in New Hampshire to be with her younger son while he prepared for entrance into West Point. When Horace's appointment was delayed, she joined her brother, Hammond Gowen, on a trip to Europe, where through the influence of Washington Irving she obtained the assistance of Lafayette in hastening her son's appointment.
In 1831, while in England, she called upon the English poet, Robert Southey. She now was a mature woman with an exquisitely fair complexion, azure blue eyes, a mass of golden hair, and a spellbinding talent for conversation in several languages. Moved by her personal and intellectual charms, Southey invited her to spend a few weeks as his guest, encouraged her to write an account of her star-crossed life and undertook to supervise the publication of Zophiel.
For several years, while her son Horace was a student and assistant professor of mathematics at the United States Military Academy, Maria resided in the vicinity of West Point. Meanwhile she began work on a romantic autobiography which was to bear the curious title of "Idomen; or, the Vale of Yumuri", and which exposed many intimate details of her life, including her love for the young Canadian.
Meanwhile, from Cuba, had come news of the death of a step-son and of her son, Edgar; in December 1843 Maria returned to her estate in Cuba to mourn the dead and resume her writing. Two years later both she and her remaining step-son succumbed to tropical fever at Matanzas.
Maria won the respect and admiration of many important critics in her own day and always found admirers who warmly cherished her work.
Maria had a peculiarity of always dressing in white, even to white silk stockings and slippers. She spoke and sang fluently in French, Spanish, and Italian. She was a constant attendant at church, and always carried with her an English edition of the service of the church. She was also quite an artist, several pieces painted by her in water-colors were hanging in her rooms. Her knowledge of present and past events, and of the prominent characters of history was astonishing; her quiet and unassuming conversation was sought and listened to by many distinguished persons as it was a delight to hear her converse.
Maria's niece, Mrs. Ellen Parker of Boston, wrote - - - "In all my life I never passed more than a few months in the society of my aunt, Mrs. Brooks, but to my girlish vision she always appeared a being of the most romantic loveliness and grace. She always dressed in white or gray, wearing transparent sleeves, through which her beautiful arms were seen, and her hands were almost always covered with white kid gloves. She seemed to reverence her own personal charms, and felt it a duty to preserve her own sweetness. When past the meridian of life, her hair and teeth were as beautiful as those of a young girl. I should say that a keen sense of truth and justice, and the most delicate perceptions and actual worship of beauty, were the predominant traits of her character."
Abigail changed her name to 'Maria'.
Abigail married on 26 August 1810
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
John BROOKS
{born - 10 August 1772
at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
died - 11 May 1823
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
They were the parents of two sons;
Horace and Edgar.
John Brooks is interred in Tomb 190
Son of Jonathan BROOKS and Ruth FOX}.
BOSTON COURIER - December 1845:
****************************
Maria Brooks died on the 11 November
at Matanzas in the Island of Cuba
from the debility consequent upon
a severe fit of sickness.
****************************
THE MEDFORD HISTORICAL REGISTER:
"Maria del Occidente"
****************************
During a childhood of prosperity, Maria early developed cultural skills, having attained by the age of twelve proficiency in both music and painting as well as knowledge of several modern languages. After her father's death, she was placed under the protection of her wealthy brother-in-law, John Brooks [widower of her sister, Lucretia, with two sons] apparently with the agreement that Maria was to marry him when her education was complete. The earnestness of her protest against too early a marriage at age sixteen is expressed in her notes. For a short time Maria continued to live in affluence and to enjoy the social and cultural advantages of Boston; however, during the war of 1812, John had invested in unsuccessful privateering vessels resulting in the loss of the major portion of his fortune. John moved his family to Portland in Maine where his wife was subjected to the loneliness and boredom of a settlement that offered scant rewards to those in straitened circumstances. Maria was highly intellectual and artistic, and her life in the narrow and provincial town was unhappy. The ladies of the neighborhood looked with disfavor upon books and music as leading to ‘Idleness' and Maria often occupied herself with sewing when it was not needed, and her books were her solace. There, Maria was described as a ‘very handsome lady, with winning manners, purest blond complexion, blue eyes, abundant pale gold hair, who sang very sweetly' and, who devoted herself to her sons and step-sons.
Her marital relationship was unsatisfactory, John was kind to Maria, however, the marriage was not a happy one, for she had married more out of gratitude and filial respect than for love. They were the parents of two sons, Edgar and Horace. Since there was no understanding of the girl on John's part, he won her respect, not her love. Furthermore, she had suddenly experienced an intense passion for a young Canadian army officer, whose name remains a mystery, his initials were E. W. R. and figures as ‘Ethelwald' in her novel, Idomen. Forbidden both by convention and conscience to encourage such a passion, Maria, partially to relieve her frustration, turned to writing. At the age of nineteen she had composed a metrical romance in seven cantos, though it was never made public.
John Brooks died in 1823, leaving his family almost penniless, forcing Maria to look to her own relatives for support; and she sailed that October for Cuba to live with her brother, William Cutter Gowen, on his coffee plantation near Matanzas. Here she declined the opportunity to wed a neighboring planter to solve her difficulties, as one loveless marriage was enough, [as a girl she was docile, as a woman she was firm] and shortly afterward proceeded to Canada, where she became engaged to the young army officer for whom she felt her heart had been destined. Eventually, however, the engagement was dissolved by Maria, and she underwent a period of violent emotional upset, almost, if not quite, amounting to derangement. She attempted suicide in a very strange fashion, by means of drinking laudanum, at the same time praying that she might be spared if it was God's will that she live; then the poison might be without effect - she became deathly ill but recovered. Then she repeated the process with like effect. The kind efforts of a friend nursed her back to bodily and mental health, and Maria, in her gratitude, ever afterward wore a small cross which her rescuer had given her. After this dreadful experience, Maria seems to have become fully reconciled to life, and devoted herself to the education of her children, and to those ‘literary employments' which she found the greater solace of her life. She returned to Cuba where, after the death of her brother, William, she had inherited the coffee plantation, it being considerable property and a source of financial support for the rest of her life. There, on the Cafetal San Patricio near Matanzas, in a little Grecian temple erected for her by her brother, dressed all in white with a passion flower in her hair and around her neck the ribbon with the memorial cross, she now began the composition of "Zophiel, or, the Bride of Seven" an Oriental romance. In 1829 she left Cuba for Hanover in New Hampshire to be with her younger son while he prepared for entrance into West Point. When Horace's appointment was delayed, she joined her brother, Hammond Gowen, on a trip to Europe, where through the influence of Washington Irving she obtained the assistance of Lafayette in hastening her son's appointment.
In 1831, while in England, she called upon the English poet, Robert Southey. She now was a mature woman with an exquisitely fair complexion, azure blue eyes, a mass of golden hair, and a spellbinding talent for conversation in several languages. Moved by her personal and intellectual charms, Southey invited her to spend a few weeks as his guest, encouraged her to write an account of her star-crossed life and undertook to supervise the publication of Zophiel.
For several years, while her son Horace was a student and assistant professor of mathematics at the United States Military Academy, Maria resided in the vicinity of West Point. Meanwhile she began work on a romantic autobiography which was to bear the curious title of "Idomen; or, the Vale of Yumuri", and which exposed many intimate details of her life, including her love for the young Canadian.
Meanwhile, from Cuba, had come news of the death of a step-son and of her son, Edgar; in December 1843 Maria returned to her estate in Cuba to mourn the dead and resume her writing. Two years later both she and her remaining step-son succumbed to tropical fever at Matanzas.
Maria won the respect and admiration of many important critics in her own day and always found admirers who warmly cherished her work.
Maria had a peculiarity of always dressing in white, even to white silk stockings and slippers. She spoke and sang fluently in French, Spanish, and Italian. She was a constant attendant at church, and always carried with her an English edition of the service of the church. She was also quite an artist, several pieces painted by her in water-colors were hanging in her rooms. Her knowledge of present and past events, and of the prominent characters of history was astonishing; her quiet and unassuming conversation was sought and listened to by many distinguished persons as it was a delight to hear her converse.
Maria's niece, Mrs. Ellen Parker of Boston, wrote - - - "In all my life I never passed more than a few months in the society of my aunt, Mrs. Brooks, but to my girlish vision she always appeared a being of the most romantic loveliness and grace. She always dressed in white or gray, wearing transparent sleeves, through which her beautiful arms were seen, and her hands were almost always covered with white kid gloves. She seemed to reverence her own personal charms, and felt it a duty to preserve her own sweetness. When past the meridian of life, her hair and teeth were as beautiful as those of a young girl. I should say that a keen sense of truth and justice, and the most delicate perceptions and actual worship of beauty, were the predominant traits of her character."
Cause of death - Tropical fever.
Abigail changed her name to 'Maria'.
Abigail married on 26 August 1810
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
John BROOKS
{born - 10 August 1772
at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
died - 11 May 1823
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
They were the parents of two sons;
Horace and Edgar.
John Brooks is interred in Tomb 190
Son of Jonathan BROOKS and Ruth FOX}.
BOSTON COURIER - December 1845:
****************************
Maria Brooks died on the 11 November
at Matanzas in the Island of Cuba
from the debility consequent upon
a severe fit of sickness.
****************************
THE MEDFORD HISTORICAL REGISTER:
"Maria del Occidente"
****************************
During a childhood of prosperity, Maria early developed cultural skills, having attained by the age of twelve proficiency in both music and painting as well as knowledge of several modern languages. After her father's death, she was placed under the protection of her wealthy brother-in-law, John Brooks [widower of her sister, Lucretia, with two sons] apparently with the agreement that Maria was to marry him when her education was complete. The earnestness of her protest against too early a marriage at age sixteen is expressed in her notes. For a short time Maria continued to live in affluence and to enjoy the social and cultural advantages of Boston; however, during the war of 1812, John had invested in unsuccessful privateering vessels resulting in the loss of the major portion of his fortune. John moved his family to Portland in Maine where his wife was subjected to the loneliness and boredom of a settlement that offered scant rewards to those in straitened circumstances. Maria was highly intellectual and artistic, and her life in the narrow and provincial town was unhappy. The ladies of the neighborhood looked with disfavor upon books and music as leading to ‘Idleness' and Maria often occupied herself with sewing when it was not needed, and her books were her solace. There, Maria was described as a ‘very handsome lady, with winning manners, purest blond complexion, blue eyes, abundant pale gold hair, who sang very sweetly' and, who devoted herself to her sons and step-sons.
Her marital relationship was unsatisfactory, John was kind to Maria, however, the marriage was not a happy one, for she had married more out of gratitude and filial respect than for love. They were the parents of two sons, Edgar and Horace. Since there was no understanding of the girl on John's part, he won her respect, not her love. Furthermore, she had suddenly experienced an intense passion for a young Canadian army officer, whose name remains a mystery, his initials were E. W. R. and figures as ‘Ethelwald' in her novel, Idomen. Forbidden both by convention and conscience to encourage such a passion, Maria, partially to relieve her frustration, turned to writing. At the age of nineteen she had composed a metrical romance in seven cantos, though it was never made public.
John Brooks died in 1823, leaving his family almost penniless, forcing Maria to look to her own relatives for support; and she sailed that October for Cuba to live with her brother, William Cutter Gowen, on his coffee plantation near Matanzas. Here she declined the opportunity to wed a neighboring planter to solve her difficulties, as one loveless marriage was enough, [as a girl she was docile, as a woman she was firm] and shortly afterward proceeded to Canada, where she became engaged to the young army officer for whom she felt her heart had been destined. Eventually, however, the engagement was dissolved by Maria, and she underwent a period of violent emotional upset, almost, if not quite, amounting to derangement. She attempted suicide in a very strange fashion, by means of drinking laudanum, at the same time praying that she might be spared if it was God's will that she live; then the poison might be without effect - she became deathly ill but recovered. Then she repeated the process with like effect. The kind efforts of a friend nursed her back to bodily and mental health, and Maria, in her gratitude, ever afterward wore a small cross which her rescuer had given her. After this dreadful experience, Maria seems to have become fully reconciled to life, and devoted herself to the education of her children, and to those ‘literary employments' which she found the greater solace of her life. She returned to Cuba where, after the death of her brother, William, she had inherited the coffee plantation, it being considerable property and a source of financial support for the rest of her life. There, on the Cafetal San Patricio near Matanzas, in a little Grecian temple erected for her by her brother, dressed all in white with a passion flower in her hair and around her neck the ribbon with the memorial cross, she now began the composition of "Zophiel, or, the Bride of Seven" an Oriental romance. In 1829 she left Cuba for Hanover in New Hampshire to be with her younger son while he prepared for entrance into West Point. When Horace's appointment was delayed, she joined her brother, Hammond Gowen, on a trip to Europe, where through the influence of Washington Irving she obtained the assistance of Lafayette in hastening her son's appointment.
In 1831, while in England, she called upon the English poet, Robert Southey. She now was a mature woman with an exquisitely fair complexion, azure blue eyes, a mass of golden hair, and a spellbinding talent for conversation in several languages. Moved by her personal and intellectual charms, Southey invited her to spend a few weeks as his guest, encouraged her to write an account of her star-crossed life and undertook to supervise the publication of Zophiel.
For several years, while her son Horace was a student and assistant professor of mathematics at the United States Military Academy, Maria resided in the vicinity of West Point. Meanwhile she began work on a romantic autobiography which was to bear the curious title of "Idomen; or, the Vale of Yumuri", and which exposed many intimate details of her life, including her love for the young Canadian.
Meanwhile, from Cuba, had come news of the death of a step-son and of her son, Edgar; in December 1843 Maria returned to her estate in Cuba to mourn the dead and resume her writing. Two years later both she and her remaining step-son succumbed to tropical fever at Matanzas.
Maria won the respect and admiration of many important critics in her own day and always found admirers who warmly cherished her work.
Maria had a peculiarity of always dressing in white, even to white silk stockings and slippers. She spoke and sang fluently in French, Spanish, and Italian. She was a constant attendant at church, and always carried with her an English edition of the service of the church. She was also quite an artist, several pieces painted by her in water-colors were hanging in her rooms. Her knowledge of present and past events, and of the prominent characters of history was astonishing; her quiet and unassuming conversation was sought and listened to by many distinguished persons as it was a delight to hear her converse.
Maria's niece, Mrs. Ellen Parker of Boston, wrote - - - "In all my life I never passed more than a few months in the society of my aunt, Mrs. Brooks, but to my girlish vision she always appeared a being of the most romantic loveliness and grace. She always dressed in white or gray, wearing transparent sleeves, through which her beautiful arms were seen, and her hands were almost always covered with white kid gloves. She seemed to reverence her own personal charms, and felt it a duty to preserve her own sweetness. When past the meridian of life, her hair and teeth were as beautiful as those of a young girl. I should say that a keen sense of truth and justice, and the most delicate perceptions and actual worship of beauty, were the predominant traits of her character."
Abigail changed her name to 'Maria'.
Abigail married on 26 August 1810
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
John BROOKS
{born - 10 August 1772
at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
died - 11 May 1823
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
They were the parents of two sons;
Horace and Edgar.
John Brooks is interred in Tomb 190
Son of Jonathan BROOKS and Ruth FOX}.
BOSTON COURIER - December 1845:
****************************
Maria Brooks died on the 11 November
at Matanzas in the Island of Cuba
from the debility consequent upon
a severe fit of sickness.
****************************
THE MEDFORD HISTORICAL REGISTER:
"Maria del Occidente"
****************************
During a childhood of prosperity, Maria early developed cultural skills, having attained by the age of twelve proficiency in both music and painting as well as knowledge of several modern languages. After her father's death, she was placed under the protection of her wealthy brother-in-law, John Brooks [widower of her sister, Lucretia, with two sons] apparently with the agreement that Maria was to marry him when her education was complete. The earnestness of her protest against too early a marriage at age sixteen is expressed in her notes. For a short time Maria continued to live in affluence and to enjoy the social and cultural advantages of Boston; however, during the war of 1812, John had invested in unsuccessful privateering vessels resulting in the loss of the major portion of his fortune. John moved his family to Portland in Maine where his wife was subjected to the loneliness and boredom of a settlement that offered scant rewards to those in straitened circumstances. Maria was highly intellectual and artistic, and her life in the narrow and provincial town was unhappy. The ladies of the neighborhood looked with disfavor upon books and music as leading to ‘Idleness' and Maria often occupied herself with sewing when it was not needed, and her books were her solace. There, Maria was described as a ‘very handsome lady, with winning manners, purest blond complexion, blue eyes, abundant pale gold hair, who sang very sweetly' and, who devoted herself to her sons and step-sons.
Her marital relationship was unsatisfactory, John was kind to Maria, however, the marriage was not a happy one, for she had married more out of gratitude and filial respect than for love. They were the parents of two sons, Edgar and Horace. Since there was no understanding of the girl on John's part, he won her respect, not her love. Furthermore, she had suddenly experienced an intense passion for a young Canadian army officer, whose name remains a mystery, his initials were E. W. R. and figures as ‘Ethelwald' in her novel, Idomen. Forbidden both by convention and conscience to encourage such a passion, Maria, partially to relieve her frustration, turned to writing. At the age of nineteen she had composed a metrical romance in seven cantos, though it was never made public.
John Brooks died in 1823, leaving his family almost penniless, forcing Maria to look to her own relatives for support; and she sailed that October for Cuba to live with her brother, William Cutter Gowen, on his coffee plantation near Matanzas. Here she declined the opportunity to wed a neighboring planter to solve her difficulties, as one loveless marriage was enough, [as a girl she was docile, as a woman she was firm] and shortly afterward proceeded to Canada, where she became engaged to the young army officer for whom she felt her heart had been destined. Eventually, however, the engagement was dissolved by Maria, and she underwent a period of violent emotional upset, almost, if not quite, amounting to derangement. She attempted suicide in a very strange fashion, by means of drinking laudanum, at the same time praying that she might be spared if it was God's will that she live; then the poison might be without effect - she became deathly ill but recovered. Then she repeated the process with like effect. The kind efforts of a friend nursed her back to bodily and mental health, and Maria, in her gratitude, ever afterward wore a small cross which her rescuer had given her. After this dreadful experience, Maria seems to have become fully reconciled to life, and devoted herself to the education of her children, and to those ‘literary employments' which she found the greater solace of her life. She returned to Cuba where, after the death of her brother, William, she had inherited the coffee plantation, it being considerable property and a source of financial support for the rest of her life. There, on the Cafetal San Patricio near Matanzas, in a little Grecian temple erected for her by her brother, dressed all in white with a passion flower in her hair and around her neck the ribbon with the memorial cross, she now began the composition of "Zophiel, or, the Bride of Seven" an Oriental romance. In 1829 she left Cuba for Hanover in New Hampshire to be with her younger son while he prepared for entrance into West Point. When Horace's appointment was delayed, she joined her brother, Hammond Gowen, on a trip to Europe, where through the influence of Washington Irving she obtained the assistance of Lafayette in hastening her son's appointment.
In 1831, while in England, she called upon the English poet, Robert Southey. She now was a mature woman with an exquisitely fair complexion, azure blue eyes, a mass of golden hair, and a spellbinding talent for conversation in several languages. Moved by her personal and intellectual charms, Southey invited her to spend a few weeks as his guest, encouraged her to write an account of her star-crossed life and undertook to supervise the publication of Zophiel.
For several years, while her son Horace was a student and assistant professor of mathematics at the United States Military Academy, Maria resided in the vicinity of West Point. Meanwhile she began work on a romantic autobiography which was to bear the curious title of "Idomen; or, the Vale of Yumuri", and which exposed many intimate details of her life, including her love for the young Canadian.
Meanwhile, from Cuba, had come news of the death of a step-son and of her son, Edgar; in December 1843 Maria returned to her estate in Cuba to mourn the dead and resume her writing. Two years later both she and her remaining step-son succumbed to tropical fever at Matanzas.
Maria won the respect and admiration of many important critics in her own day and always found admirers who warmly cherished her work.
Maria had a peculiarity of always dressing in white, even to white silk stockings and slippers. She spoke and sang fluently in French, Spanish, and Italian. She was a constant attendant at church, and always carried with her an English edition of the service of the church. She was also quite an artist, several pieces painted by her in water-colors were hanging in her rooms. Her knowledge of present and past events, and of the prominent characters of history was astonishing; her quiet and unassuming conversation was sought and listened to by many distinguished persons as it was a delight to hear her converse.
Maria's niece, Mrs. Ellen Parker of Boston, wrote - - - "In all my life I never passed more than a few months in the society of my aunt, Mrs. Brooks, but to my girlish vision she always appeared a being of the most romantic loveliness and grace. She always dressed in white or gray, wearing transparent sleeves, through which her beautiful arms were seen, and her hands were almost always covered with white kid gloves. She seemed to reverence her own personal charms, and felt it a duty to preserve her own sweetness. When past the meridian of life, her hair and teeth were as beautiful as those of a young girl. I should say that a keen sense of truth and justice, and the most delicate perceptions and actual worship of beauty, were the predominant traits of her character."
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