“ Much of her work has been devoted to temperance and missionary' lines but she writes countless poems for all kinds of occasions. Besides her work as a writer, she is a fine reader and she has often read her poetical productions in public, mainly before college societies. Recently she has done less of this work. Mrs. Allen has never collected her productions, although there are enough of them to fill a number cf volumes. At present she is engaged in literary work of a high order. ”