“ NOVELLA JEWELL TROTT. The daughter soon outgrew the educational advantages of her native town, and, at the age of thirteen, entered the public schools of Bath, afterward taking a special course of study in the State Normal School in Farmingron Although she early showed decided literary tastes, she had intended to make teaching her profession. During a visit to Boston she was invited to take a position as proof-reader in a prominent publishing house. There she had her introduction to the work which she was afterwards to adopt as a profession. ”

“ In her private life she is much admired, and she is a bright and entertaining conversationalist. She was appointed one of seven women of national reputation to represent the press department of the Queen Isabella Association in the World's Fair, in Chicago, in 1893. ”