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326 and appreciation, and, if she is not already, she soon will be placed above the need of writing for pecuniary gain. Let us hope that her love for her work will prevent competence from paralyzing her ready pen, and active, vigorous brain,

The following list comprises her published works up to this date;

“Scenes of Clerical Life.”

"Adam Bede.”

“The Mill on the Floss,”

“Felix Holt, the Radical.”

"Romola.”

"The Spanish Gypsy.” (A poem.)

"The Legend of Jubal, and Other Poems.”

“Middlemarch.”

The last-mentioned work is thought by her critics to be her best, also. For myself, I think "Romola” shows her varied genius in the strongest light. She is yet in the prime of her intellectual life, and capable of giving her admirers new lessons and new delight.