“ The loss of her mother, with various consequent influences, lent to a very sensitive nature a hue of sadness not easy to outgrow, and observable, though often in company with playful and humorous elements, in her writings early and late. ”

“ Piatt's more individual characteristics as a poet distinctly manifested themselves, especially the quick dramatic element seen in so many of her best poems, and the remarkable sympathy with and knowledge of child life, which Prof. ”

“ That was followed by "A Voyage to the Fortunate Isles," etc. (1874) ; "That New World," etc. (1876) ; "Poems in Company with Children" (1877) ; and "Dramatic Persons and Moods" (1878) . All the last-mentioned volumes were published in Boston. At the same time Mrs. Piatt has contributed to the various American magazines, the "Atlantic Monthly," "Scribner's Monthly," the "Century," "Harper's Magazine," and "St. Nicholas." In 18S2 Mrs. Piatt accompanied her husband to Ireland, where he went as Consul of the United States to Cork, and has since that time resided in Queenstown. ”