“ Her sanguine spirit and independent judgment, her scholarly and orderly habit of mind, and, above all, her intelligent sympathy with young people, gave her a large and varied circle of friends of all ages, and in their society she delighted. ”

“ She studied at first hand the educational methods of France and Germany, and she turned her knowledge to good account in the pamphlet which she wrote for the English Association on "The Teaching of Literature in French and German Secondary Schools." The French Minister of Public Instruction acknowledge her sagacity by awarding her, on November 1, 1909, the honour of Officier d'Académie. Through all her life she was an enthusiast of French literature. ”