Many of them on arriving at mature years have expressed their gratitude for the direction in which their reading was turned by her advice.
Miss Mitchell always had a special friendship for young girls and boys.
Many of these intimacies grew out of the acquaintance made at the library,--the young girls made her their confidante and went to her for sympathy and advice.

The boys, as they grew up, and went away to sea, perhaps, always remembered her, and made a point, when they returned in their vacations, of coming to tell their experiences to such a sympathetic listener.
"April 18, 1855.

A young sailor boy came to see me to-day.

It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation.

They always say, with pride, 'I can take a lunar, Miss Mitchell, and work it up!' "This boy I had known only as a boy, but he has suddenly become a man and seems to be full of intelligence.