Identifier: lifelettersofja01drum (find matches)
Title: The life and letters of James Martineau
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Drummond, James, 1835-1918 Upton, Charles Barnes, 1831-1920, joint author
Subjects: Martineau, James, 1805-1900 Unitarian churches College teachers
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library

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momentary composure of a countenance moulded by emo-
tion, and often tremulous with pity and with love. " Her
" quickness of feeling extended, no doubt, to her temper, so
far as to render her displeasure at wrong emphatic, and
to warn us also, if we did not wish to be laughed at, to
do nothing awkward or stupid under her eye. But it se-
cured no less the praise of well-doing, and a bright response
to whatever was generous and noble. " And so he looked
back with unalterable reverence and affection to his true
and tender-hearted mother — a woman of rare capacity,
nobleness, and wisdom,³ Mrs. James Martineau, in a
letter to her sister, written on the 22d of November, 1838,
speaks with the greatest pleasure of her intercourse with
her mother-in-law, who was then on a visit in Liverpool,
and says, She is a glorious woman, and I delight in her
as much as ever. In 1836, when Harriet Martineau re-
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¹ Bi. Mem.
² Mr. Hilary Bonham Carter, who had a pcreat admiration for her.
³ Letter to the " Daily News, " Dec. 30, 1S84.

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DR. MARTINEAU'S MOTHER
1845-6
FROM A SKETCH BY MISS HILARY BONHAM-CARTER

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PARENTS

turned from America, Mrs. Martineau was a guest at Mount
Street in Liverpool, and a letter of the time dwells with
delight on Harriet's visit, and on her mothers pride in
her, " looking as if her every wish were fulfilled. "
It would not, however, be just to conceal the fact that
a different kind of portrait has been drawn of this con-
fessedly talented lady, and that occasionally timid and
sensitive young people regarded her decided ways with
some alarm. This, however, was not a universal experi-
ence, as the following extract from a letter of Mrs. Wildes
will show: —
" Surely never was any parent more imbued with Motherly
love. It was she who brought your talents all forth, and made
you what you were. She was particularly and deservedly
proud of your brother Tom, Harriet, and yourself. Well do
I remember you a little fellow, in nankeen frock, standing
at her knee, engaged with her in a tiresome little housekeep-
.

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