io6 Ellen Key the summer of 1895, Ellen Key's brother and his wife entrusted their children to her care during their absence. Now she actually ex- perienced how impossible it is to combine the duties of home with other work, an opinion she had earlier expressed but now found prac- tically proven. Her thoughts on this question, strengthened by the summer's experiences, she expressed in a lecture entitled " Miss- brukad Kvinnokraft," ("Woman's Energies Misdirected " ) . The lecture was received with great acclaim in Copenhagen, but aroused much resentment in Stockholm and Gothen- burg, when given there later. She was severely criticised by the suffragists, who went so far as to make offensive insinuations as to her character. Among other imputations flung in her face, she was told that by prating of sex, love, and marriage she had shown herself to be an immoral and dangerous person. This judgment is repeated even to this day. In regard to the tone which certain of the critics allowed themselves, we may well agree with the Finnish reviewer who could not help thinking that it would have caused amazement in other countries. Abroad, one has long been accustomed to have women deal with these subjects, but in Sweden one was shocked that