Work 79 hood friend, and to Bavaria, where she stayed with her friends, Herr and Frau von Vollmar. She tramped through Oberbayem and attended the Passion-play in Oberammergau. In Verk och Mdnniskor^ she has given so vivid a description of the Bavarian highlands that one is carried along, seeming to see it all in reality. Her portrayal of the people and of the scenery reveals a master's touch, and with the wide-awake vision and historical sensitive- ness of one interested in every phase of human progress she observes the connection between the remarkable plays and the national dis- position. All that her eye has seen and her fine ear heard, she has wished to share with us. Each time Ellen Key has had the good fortune to travel abroad in the greater coun- tries of culture, she has, on her arrival home, in one way or another divided with us the treasures she has gathered. Through living descriptions of places and personalities she has furthered instruction and given pleasure, hence we have joyfully anticipated each new work of her pen. Her portrayals of the Passion- play at Oberammergau belong to the very best of the many she has given us. She begins with a genial interpretation of the meaning ' " Men and Works.