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money and service; and a third statement announcing the opening of the Home is dated May 18, 1836. Admission had then been accorded to the youngest children who were orphans. By May, 1837, there were sixty-four children in two houses ; and at the end of that year Mr. Mttller wrote and published the first part of his "Narrative." He continued it in 1841, 1844, and 1856. At the end of 1838 there were 86 orphans in three houses. At the end of 1856 the orphans numbered 297 ; and Mr. MiiUer wrote, "With- out any one having been personally applied to for anything by me, the sum of ^£84,441 6«. 3|d. has been given to me for the orphans, as the result of prayer to Gtod ." He states how this has been expended, and he also acknowledges separately gifts sent to him for his own per- sonal use. Expansion, the addition of house to house, increase in the number of orphans, have been the history of this undertaking, until, in 1876, 2,000 children were lodged, fed, and educated, without a shilling of endowment, without a commit- tee, without organization, by funds drawn from all parts of the world. Besides all this, through the agency of the Institution named, Mr. MWer supports numerous foreign and home missonaries and schools, and provides for the circulation of vast numbers of the Scriptures and religious tracts, and he refuses to issue any appeals or to hold any meetings, relying, as he says, on the efficacy of faith and prayer. He will not allow any advertisements or handbills of any of his services to be issued ;. his distinctive belief being that he is an instrument in God's hand working by faith and prayer. The town of Orphan Houses on Ashley Downs, with their well cultivated kitchen gar- dens, is in many senses the grandest institution which Bristol boasts. Their founder has courted no pub- licity he could avoid, and many who have gazed upon the results of his

work have failed to get a glimpse of the man, and have discovered that even a photographic portrait of him was not to be had. But his "Narrative" and other books or pamphlets, published under his auspices, find a large sale, and are among the means by which the Home is brought to the knowledge of imsolicited donors.

MULOCK, Miss Dinah Mabia, bom at Stoke-upon-Trent, Stafford- shire, in 1826, published her first novel, "The OgUvies," in 1849, fol- lowed by " Olive," a novel, which supported the promise of its prede- cessor, in 1850 ; " The Head of the Family," a story of Scottish Life in the middle classes, and a fairy tale called "Alice Learmont," in 1851; "Agatha's Husband," in 1862 ; "John Halifax, Gentleman," in 1867; "A Life for a Life," " Christian's Mistake," " Two Mar- riages," and "A Noble Life," in 1866. She has also published col- lections of fugitive papers, entitled " Eomantic Tales," " Domestic Tales," "Nothing New," "Studies from Life," "A Woman's Thoughts about Women," and a volume of Poems; the following books for young people : " How to Win Love, or Ehoda's Lesson ;" "Cola Monti, or The StoTY of a Genius ; " "A Hero : PhiUp's Book ; " "Little Lychetts ; " "Our Year;" and "Bread upon the Waters ; " " The Unkind Word and other Stories," 1869; "Fair France : Impressions of a Traveller," 1870, but incorrectly dated 1871; "Little Simshine's Holiday; a picture from Life," 1871; "Han- nah," 2 vols., 1871; "Adventures of a Brownie," 1872 ; "My Mother and I," 1874; and "The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak," 1874. Her latest works are: "Sermons out of Church," 1875 ; " A Legacy : being the Life and Eemains ^ of John Martin, Schoohnaster and Poet," 2 vols., 1878 ; and " Plain Speaking," 1882. In 1864 she obtained a literary pension of ^660 a year, and in 1866