be able, she said, to give lectures on German Literature in German,
and to expound the works of German writers thoroughly; she would
engage me for this position, she added, if she found that I was
the right person for it.

"I was dumfounded at the mere suggestion of this gift of Heaven
coming to me, for l had heard so many beautiful things about
Wellesley that the idea of possibly getting a position there
totally dazed me. Summoning up courage, however, I controlled
my wild joy, and pulling myself together with determination, I
gave the ladies the desired account of my studies, my journalistic
work, etc., whereupon the president informed me that she would
attend my class the next day."

The ordeal was successfully passed, and the position of "head
teacher in the German Department at Wellesley" was immediately
offered her. "Now you think, I suppose, that I fell round the
necks of those angels of joy! l didn't though!" she blithely
writes. But she agreed to visit Wellesley, and her description
of this visit gives us old College Hall in a new light.

"The place in itself is so beautiful that we could hardly realize
its being merely a school. The Royal Palace in Berlin is small
compared to the main building, which in length and stateliness
of appearance surpasses even the great Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
The entrance hall is decorated with magnificent palms, with
valuable paintings, and choice statuary. The walls in all the
corridors are covered with fine engravings; there are carpets
everywhere and elegant pieces of furniture; there is gas, steam
heat, and a big elevator; everything, down to the bathrooms,