Metadata
Title
Mrs. C. A. Hopkinson to Sarah Josepha Hale
Date
1866-03-31
March 31, 1866
Subject
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
Medium
Manuscripts
Language
eng
Type
text
Collection
Sarah Josepha Hale Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
46-M-118
Rights
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
Text
Cambridge Mar [?]1st
/66
Dear Mrs Hale,
I was glad to hear
from you, & show it by answering
you at once, & your questions too,
which is more than you have done
by me, for I asked you to let me
know, if my article about the 'deductive
mind of woman" would be useful
to you any way, for I meant it
as a sort of "remunerative effusion"
for the Lady's book, & such a
work as I made of remembering &
finding out what Buckle said!
and all to be wise enough for the
Editor's table - and after all, you
havent read it, I guess, or don't
[ED: the following text appears along the side of the page]
Mr. Lesley of your city has been giving us Lowell lectures,
what do you think of the development theory, or dont
you care.
[ED: the following text appears upside down at the top of the page]
To come back to the beginning - Please do
burn all my letters, please do &
tell me you have. Affectionately
CAH.
like it, & may be dont care a [?]
whether her mind is inductive or
&other way.
Now to your questions. Yes, Mr.
Childs has behaved like a prince of
the blood, sending me my full demand
with no word on that point & adding
the Home weekly without charge. Now
for your second question - but why do
you ask it? Did you not write? and
didn't I? And what do you suppose
we are likely to think of the matter?
I agree with you that there must have
been at least two better worth a thousand
dollars, yours &mine. But "it
takes wit to see wit" you know, & so
we are overlooked by the committee. Never
mind; I did not expect it at all, & by
the rule of the old woman & her lottery
ticket, ought therefore to have had it.
Now for your second question. I do
like the Home Weekly. What with your
sense & mine, it is a good paper.
There's modesty for you, but you see I
keep behind your skirts. As to being
'a paper for the nation' thats another
matter. The nation wont all take one
paper, or they would all take the Lady's
book of course - but it really seems
to me a very fair paper, & he has secured
a variety of agreeable talent. What do
you think? Now it is your turn, & I wont
tell.
Now, what a much you must
like me, - you have done me so much
good. They say we do like those we benefit,
& you have been so really kind in
finding employment for my pen - but you
do love to do kindnesses, and so do I - it
is a great luxury to ourselves, but not
the less pleasant is it to feel that we are
appreciated, & I assure you I do entirely
appreciate the kind heart & the word
in season, which has been so useful to
me.
I am glad to hear all about
Horatio, & hope I may see him here
in Cambridge, but how shall I know
the bearded man, & how will he know
the old lady? I never knew William
but I can appreciate fully your
anxiety & your present happiness. I
was never separated from my children
but by death. But I can conceive
of nothing in life more wearing &
harassing that such a separation as
yours has been from William.
I dont know whether you knew Dr
Sparks & Dr Beck, both of whom
have died, within the last week. Mr
Sparks was here the Tuesday evening
before his death, & spoke with much
interest about Mr Hale, saying that
he should go immediately to Somerville
to see him, & adding some anecdotes
of him. I thought it would be a
sad pleasure to George to know it,
but I fear Mr. Hale's own mind is
in too fragmentary a condition to
receive ideas with any connection.
Oh how sad to live on, after the sweetness
of life has gone!
Dr. Beck was a noble spirit,
full of liberality & animated patriotic
interests - Old as he was 68 he enlisted
with the Company which was ordered
to defend the fort at Provincetown, &
would have willingly served as a private
if he had been allowed to do so. Not
many men worth a half million would
be ready to sweep the barracks & lie on
bare boards, from sheer enthusiasm
in the cause. - but he was ready with
purse & [scrip?], with soul & arm at all
times. The poor will miss him greatly
here, - though his daughter inherits his
liberality fortunately.
Who is Nellie Hale who writes in
the last Lady's book? any kin of yours?
I hope your Benjamin & Joseph too will
arrive safely in time in the land of Penn,
& that all your sorrow will be swallowed
up in joy. Yes, let us hope now for peace,
but not for that kind which is no peace.
a peace founded on the principles of eternal justice is all that
will endure. Your Lady's book is excellent,
& deserves its popularity, what more can be said?
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale.
Care of L. A. Godey Esqr
Philadelphia.
/66
Dear Mrs Hale,
I was glad to hear
from you, & show it by answering
you at once, & your questions too,
which is more than you have done
by me, for I asked you to let me
know, if my article about the 'deductive
mind of woman" would be useful
to you any way, for I meant it
as a sort of "remunerative effusion"
for the Lady's book, & such a
work as I made of remembering &
finding out what Buckle said!
and all to be wise enough for the
Editor's table - and after all, you
havent read it, I guess, or don't
[ED: the following text appears along the side of the page]
Mr. Lesley of your city has been giving us Lowell lectures,
what do you think of the development theory, or dont
you care.
[ED: the following text appears upside down at the top of the page]
To come back to the beginning - Please do
burn all my letters, please do &
tell me you have. Affectionately
CAH.
like it, & may be dont care a [?]
whether her mind is inductive or
&other way.
Now to your questions. Yes, Mr.
Childs has behaved like a prince of
the blood, sending me my full demand
with no word on that point & adding
the Home weekly without charge. Now
for your second question - but why do
you ask it? Did you not write? and
didn't I? And what do you suppose
we are likely to think of the matter?
I agree with you that there must have
been at least two better worth a thousand
dollars, yours &mine. But "it
takes wit to see wit" you know, & so
we are overlooked by the committee. Never
mind; I did not expect it at all, & by
the rule of the old woman & her lottery
ticket, ought therefore to have had it.
Now for your second question. I do
like the Home Weekly. What with your
sense & mine, it is a good paper.
There's modesty for you, but you see I
keep behind your skirts. As to being
'a paper for the nation' thats another
matter. The nation wont all take one
paper, or they would all take the Lady's
book of course - but it really seems
to me a very fair paper, & he has secured
a variety of agreeable talent. What do
you think? Now it is your turn, & I wont
tell.
Now, what a much you must
like me, - you have done me so much
good. They say we do like those we benefit,
& you have been so really kind in
finding employment for my pen - but you
do love to do kindnesses, and so do I - it
is a great luxury to ourselves, but not
the less pleasant is it to feel that we are
appreciated, & I assure you I do entirely
appreciate the kind heart & the word
in season, which has been so useful to
me.
I am glad to hear all about
Horatio, & hope I may see him here
in Cambridge, but how shall I know
the bearded man, & how will he know
the old lady? I never knew William
but I can appreciate fully your
anxiety & your present happiness. I
was never separated from my children
but by death. But I can conceive
of nothing in life more wearing &
harassing that such a separation as
yours has been from William.
I dont know whether you knew Dr
Sparks & Dr Beck, both of whom
have died, within the last week. Mr
Sparks was here the Tuesday evening
before his death, & spoke with much
interest about Mr Hale, saying that
he should go immediately to Somerville
to see him, & adding some anecdotes
of him. I thought it would be a
sad pleasure to George to know it,
but I fear Mr. Hale's own mind is
in too fragmentary a condition to
receive ideas with any connection.
Oh how sad to live on, after the sweetness
of life has gone!
Dr. Beck was a noble spirit,
full of liberality & animated patriotic
interests - Old as he was 68 he enlisted
with the Company which was ordered
to defend the fort at Provincetown, &
would have willingly served as a private
if he had been allowed to do so. Not
many men worth a half million would
be ready to sweep the barracks & lie on
bare boards, from sheer enthusiasm
in the cause. - but he was ready with
purse & [scrip?], with soul & arm at all
times. The poor will miss him greatly
here, - though his daughter inherits his
liberality fortunately.
Who is Nellie Hale who writes in
the last Lady's book? any kin of yours?
I hope your Benjamin & Joseph too will
arrive safely in time in the land of Penn,
& that all your sorrow will be swallowed
up in joy. Yes, let us hope now for peace,
but not for that kind which is no peace.
a peace founded on the principles of eternal justice is all that
will endure. Your Lady's book is excellent,
& deserves its popularity, what more can be said?
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale.
Care of L. A. Godey Esqr
Philadelphia.