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“Studied and worried as usual,--Fichte and Greek... .”
“Have not been strenuous enough about the Cretan Fair....”
Any lack of strenuousness about the Cretan Fair was amply atoned for.
An “Appeal” was published, written by her and signed by Julia Ward Howe, Emily Talbot, Sarah E. Lawrence, Caroline A. Mudge, and Abby W. May.
“What shall we say?
They are a great way off, but they are starving and perishing, as none in our midst can starve and perish, and we Americans are among the few persons to whom they can look for help.”
In this cry for aid we hear the voice of both parents.
The response was cordial and generous.
The fair was held in Easter Week, at the Boston Music Hall, and recalled on a smaller scale the glories of the war-time fairs.
Of the great labor of preparation, the Journal gives a lively impression; and “speaking for Crete” was added to the other burdens borne by her and the Doctor.
She could not give up her studies; the entries for the winter of 1867-68 are a curious mingling of Fichte and committees, with here and there a prayer for spiritual help and guidance, which shows her overwrought condition.
Another interest had come to her from the visit to Greece: the study of ancient Greek.
Latin had been her lifelong friend, but she had always longed for the sister classic; now the time was ripe for it. She made a beginning in Athens, not only picking up a good deal
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. 1916.
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