i8o Ellen Key just ari the sun was setting, Ellen Key preached to us in Jena a real Sermon on the Mount. She stood on the hill and we gathered at her feet, first the youth, even to the peasants in neighbouring villages who had come to sing folk songs in honour of Ellen Key. . . . She spoke of the old spirits of Jena, of Schiller and Goethe. It was an unforgettable occasion. . . . Ellen Key with her great warm heart remains forever young. And, therefore, we feel that she belongs to us in Jena." The gifted Belgian nature philosopher and drama- tist, Maeterlinck, writes: "I unite my voice with all those of the civilised world who, to-day, hail the good, the noble, the heroic Ellen Key,—the great liberator who, in our children, will find more enlightened, more enthusiastic and trusty followers." The French novelist, Paul Margueritte, sends the following message: "I have the deepest admiration for Ellen Key's works and the greatest respect for her person. She embodies one of the finest types of thinking and courageous humanity which makes marks in the history of ideas. I fervently unite with all those who bring her homage. Ada Negri, the poor Italian school-teacher who is one of her country's loveliest poets, writes: "Ellen Key, radiant creature of purity and beauty! ... I think of her as a liberator of woman's soul. Gabriele Reuter, German author, whose novels deal with problems similar to those treated by Ellen Key, writes: " In Ellen Key has arisen one of those priestly