One does not read prose at such a time, but poetry.

I have been reading the poems of Mrs.Julia A.

Moore, again, and I find in them the same grace and melody that attracted me when they were first published, twenty years ago, and have held me in happy bonds ever since.
"The Sentimental Song Book" has long been out of print, and has been forgotten by the world in general, but not by me.

I carry it with me always--it and Goldsmith's deathless story.
Indeed, it has the same deep charm for me that the Vicar of Wakefield has, and I find in it the same subtle touch--the touch that makes an intentionally humorous episode pathetic and an intentionally pathetic one funny.

In her time Mrs.Moore was called "the Sweet Singer of Michigan," and was best known by that name.