20 Ellen Key her into bitter conflict with so many bigoted opponents, little Ellen put herself protectively in front of the baby, saying: "She is so little, she tan't help it." In the preface to her recently published book Lifslinier, she relates her own earliest remembrance "of the first time she felt con- scious of the joy of living." She had been entrusted with the care of the little sister who was unable alone to climb the hill near the home, and it made her serenely happy to feel the little hand in hers and the sun shining on them both. Ellen's fifth year was spent wholly at Bjorno. Even at this early age she loved books. And, when the older people read aloud the then newly translated English novels, The Lamp- lighter, Jane Eyre, Uncle Tom's Cabin, etc., Ellen would creep under the table and listen while they thought she was playing. She always amused herself, and did not need com.panions to have a good time. Her play with dolls was not like other daughters of Eve who prefer them stylishly attired, and thus prepare themselves to become dolls of fashion. No, Ellen wanted a real baby. A pin-cushion served as a head, and heavy towels were twisted to form the body. Ellen's doll should be