THE WORKER IN CHRIST'S YINE%4.RD. tentive child who drank- in his words with such delight, her large, black, lustrous eyes fixed at- tentively on his face. Mr. More, however, had an invincible horror of female pedantry, and was soon alarmed at the in- creasing proficiency of his favourite pupil. He therefore refused to continue his instructions, to the great grief of the earnest little student. Feminine " learning " was then regarded as a far more danger- ous attribute than ignorance. Dancing, embroidery, dressing, visiting, flirting, formed the sum of accomplishments acquired by the ladies of that day. It was absolutely " the mode" to affect ignorance in that age of paint and powder, sacques, periwigs and swords. An example of the education afforded to the daughters of persons of respectability is given by Southey. The governess of the leading boarding-school of Hereford, who for many years, in conjunction with her sister, had conducted her educational establishment, used to say, when speaking of a former pupil, " HER went to school to WE." Hannah's mother, however, gratified with her daughter's abilities, joined with her in importuning Mr. More for permission to prosecute her studies ; and the clever child obtained a reluctant consent to resume her Latin and mathematics. The hopes and fancies of Hannah's childhood all tended towards the great aim of her life. From the time she could guide a pen, she was fond of 8
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