which the coming time will afford a field— the Spartan matron, brought by the culture of the age of books to intellectual consciousness and expansion. Self-sufficingness, strength, and clear-sightedness were in her combined with a power of deep and calm affection.”
In 1795 the Memoirs of Madame Roland were published in two volumes, and sold for the benefit of her young daughter Eudora, by the friend who had undertaken the care of the child.
In 1800 appeared an edition of her works in three volumes, containing all her writings, consisting of ‘‘An Appeal to Impartial Posterity,” "Works of Leisure Hours, and Various Reflections,” "A Journey to Sans Souci, and Travels in Switzerland.”
These writings are marked by fervid grace and discriminating thought, warmed by enthusiasm and vivacious earnestness. Her life required of her heroic action, which filled up to completeness the measure of its possibilities; yet she could not, even had it
