C. J. Hamilton

Name: Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall
Author: C. J. Hamilton

Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

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“Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall”, published in 1900, is a work by C. J. Hamilton. It explores elements such as Irish, Hall and Wexford.

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ What could be more ideally happy than the marriage of Elizabeth and Robert Browning, both poets, and both devoted to their art? Then we have Mr. and Mrs. Cowden Clarke, the popular writers on Shakespeare, who lived and worked harmoniously together; and William and Mary Howitt; but the most remarkable instance of a united literary life is that of the Irish writers, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall. Not a cloud ever seems to have marred their complete harmony. ”

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ There have been many more powerful writers than Mrs. S. C. Hall, more eloquent, more witty, more learned, but none that breathed such a gentle, loving spirit of sympathy. Everything Irish was specially dear to her, in fact she did not write so well about anything else. Her thoughts were continually going back to the glades, the glens, the seashore of her beloved Wexford. ”

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ Hall never had any harrowing tales to tell of the cruelty of publishers, or of the mortification of rejected manuscripts. Other tales followed in quick succession, and these were afterwards collected into the first volume of "Sketches of Irish Character."
There was now a brisk demand for her Irish tales, both in England and America, they were so fresh, so natural, so human. Her husband's influence as an editor, no doubt, helped to push her on. He was associated with Theodore Hook, from 1837,as sub-editor of "The New Monthly Magazine," before he became sole editor. ”

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ Hall was left with twelve children to battle with the world. Her son, Samuel Carter, was most industrious and capable. His wooing of Miss Fielding was not long in the doing; the year after they met, the marriage took place.
"Beautiful, accomplished and good," says Mr. Hall, "was the wife that on the 20th September, 1825, God gave me to be my life's chief est blessing and most perfect boon."
From a portrait by Maclise we get a good idea of what Mrs. Hall was as a young woman. Long ringlets hang about a round, broad face of a very pronounced Irish type, with large dark eyes and a short nose. ”

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ S. C. Hall.
1800-1881.
IT is a popular idea that a marriage between two literary people is almost sure to turn out a disastrous failure. The proverb, "two of a trade never agree," is constantly quoted, and instances are brought forward about certain literary wives, who neglect their husband's shirt buttons, and leave his dinners to be looked after by an incompetent cook. When he is exhausted by the burden and heat of the day, he comes in to find his wife, "her eye in a fine frenzy rolling," far too much absorbed to attend to his comforts. A cat and dog life is generally the result. ”

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ Hall has something in common with her successor, Miss Jane Barlow, as a delineator of Irish peasant life. As a poet, as a literary artist. Miss Barlow is immeasurably superior, but as a teacher of moral truths in fiction, Mrs. Hall takes a higher place. ”

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ Such was the testimony of her husband, himself a distinguished writer, editor and founder of the "Art Journal," and at one time editor of the "New Monthly Magazine."
During the 81 years of her busy and useful life, Mrs. Hall wrote no less than 250 books, counting those she edited and her numerous temperance tracts. Lady Morgan once said, "Why should I not be vain? Have I not written forty books?" But her forty sink into insignificance compared to Mrs. S. C. Hall's record. ”

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C. J. Hamilton, Notable Irishwomen — Mrs. S. C. Hall (1900)

“ So much has been said on this subject, that many literary men avoid authoresses, and look out for a bride who has " no ink on her thumb when they kiss her hand."
Any writing, except the entry of items in a tradesman's book, is considered undesirable; yet facts—stubborn facts—prove that marriages between literary people do occasionally turn out extremely well. ”

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