The Last Years in Stockholm 145 when she was a Uttle girl at Sundsholm . And from her father, we know her to have inherited, a sunny, kindly disposition and the ability to be just and noble in combat. Both parents were hot-tempered, and this disposition has descended in full strength to Ellen Key; her quick perception makes her very impatient with the slowness of others. It is true that she has such self-control that few persons know of this fault, but she herself declares that she at least "several times a year sees red, and feels murder!" Her strong hatred of all injustice makes it hard for her to endure wrongs toward herself, although she is mag- nanimously forgiving. And she does not find it diffictilt to make kind replies to sharp oppo- nents of her views, if such opponents otherwise hold her respect. In private life she never makes propaganda of her opinions, —nay, she considers it a duty not to disturb any faith by which a person really lives. The sparkling wit which sometimes flashes forth never be- guiles her into joking over serious subjects, not even in the jolliest conversation. """ In connection with this characterisation of Ellen Key's personal life, which we have endeavoured to give here, we cannot refrain from some expression of the bitter pain which