Daughters of the Puritans
During the first half of the nineteenth century, Miss Sedgwick woulddoubtless have been considered the queen of American letters, but, inthe opinion of her friends, the beauty of her character surpassed themerit of her books. In 1871, Miss Mary E. Dewey, her life-longneighbor, edited a volume of Miss Sedgwick's letters, mostly tomembers of her family, in compliance with the desire of those who knewand loved her, "that some printed memorial should exist of a life sobeautiful and delightful in itself, and so beneficent in its influenceupon others." Truly a "life beautiful in itself and beneficent in itsinfluence," the reader will say, as he lays down this tender volume.
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