26 Ellen Key fancy took the form of a little Utopia—we find a growing individualism discernible already in childhood and expressing itself in a love of the genuine. Just as she wanted her doll to be a real baby, so she wanted Christianity to be real and without compromise, and love to be genuine, not the dull everyday kind, not the little "loves, " but the great, strong Love, that could fill the whole life. Even in her little daily doings she tried to realise this principle. She has related that she thought that "needle- work was horrid," the first time she sewed a hem, and that, when she was her own master, she would never busy herself with it—a vow that she has faithfully kept ! But it is signifi- cant that, during the years that she had to assist in the home-sewing, her one comfort was to do it well. Ellen's seams were famous in the family for not ripping easily, and her brothers always preferred her to do their sewing, be- cause "she was the only woman who knew how to fasten a seam. Music attracted her strongl}-^ from her earliest years, and she would leave any game to listen to it. Then, as now, she loved to hide herself in some dark comer where she would be undisturbed by other impressions, and could let the power of the music have full sway over