THE

PROSE WORKS

Ꮶ Ꮪ

OF

MRS. ELLIS,

AUTHOR OF

"THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND," "THE POETRY OF LIFE," ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW YORK:

HENRY G LANGLEY, 8 ASTOR HOUSE.

1844.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

THE POETRY OF LIFE.

PICTURES OF PRIVATE LIFE, FIRST SERIES.

PICTURES OF PRIVATE LIFE, SECOND SERIES.

A VOICE FROM THE VINTAGE, &c.

"Poetry has been to me its own 'exceeding great reward.' It has soothed my afflictions, it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me."-COLERIDGE.