Work 77 brighten the existence of those who live in darkness. . . . Never have I been so drawn to Ellen Key as I was when I saw her in the midst of that group of pure willed young women, few of whom would have been awakened to higher interests without her. " The pleasant friendly tone which exists at the "Tolfterna" gather- ings, without condescension on one hand or humility on the other, is a very splendid thing and holds much of significance. We have a good description of Ellen Key, dating from this period, by Hellen Lindgren, lately deceased, an essayist of unusual sensi- tiveness : "In Ellen Key there are two people, one personal, the other quite impersonal; one extremely sensitive, the other dryly sensible, almost matter of fact; one hot and passionate, the other absolutely self-controlled. This characteristic contradiction may also be observed in her gently modulated voice, and her very energetic mode of expression. The smooth, mmlike hair, and the generall}^ dark, plain dress give the impression of one who wishes to efface herself, while, on the other hand, there is something almost despotic in her unwillingness to yield in a discussion. . . . From her earliest youth she has been interested in nature just as much as in books. With her