30 Ellen Key strike the reader as rather insignificant, but which holds much of importance for the char- acterisation of her personality. It concerns her relation to her sisters and brothers. When any sweetmeats were to be shared between them, their supreme trust in her was shown by their general cry in chorus : "Let Ellen divide, then it will be just." Though quite aware of the fact that Ellen had precedence over them in the eyes of the parents, it at no time inspired them to envy, either then or later. They loved her dearly because she used her position in the family to their advantage. May not the assistance Ellen gave her mother and the home in this way, more than outweigh the help she might have given with a needle in her hand had she been an ordinary, good, and dutiful daughter? Another example of the impression Ellen made on her associates is related by her childhood's friend, Lisa Hultin. The two little girls had discovered a patch of deli- cious wild strawberries. They were enjoying them to their hearts' content when Lisa no- ticed that Ellen gave her the largest berries and wanted to know the reason for this. * ' Be- cause I know that you would have given me the best if you had found them," was the