A Sketch of the We and Character of Sarah Acland.
Edited by Isambard Brunel. (Seeley and Co.)—Mrs. Acland was a well- known and much-beloved person in Oxford during the years 1845-7S. At the beginning of that period, hers was one of the very few houses where an undergraduate could see anything of domestic life. What that boon was those who enjoyed the privilege know. In these altered days, when there is possibly too much "society" in the Universities, it is difficult to understand the state of things that formerly prevailed. Successive genera- tions of Oxford men felt the good influence of Mrs. Acland's character. From them and from other friends came the plan of giving her name to some commemorative work. Hence the "Sarah Acland Memorial Home," which from small beginnings has grown into an important nursing institution. This volume has been written to preserve some record of the "Authentic Founder."—Another biographical sketch is Nineteen Beautiful Years, by Frances E. Willard (White Ribbon Publishing Com- pany). The subject of it is Mary E. Willard. It is the record of the quiet simple life of one who had no time to do anything but leave the example of a sweet and pure nature.
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