She also wrote a small volume of poems, but her days were given to the needs of others.

Only a few mornings were we able to work on her _Universal History_.

There were too many calls for advice, sympathy, or aid; the door-bell rang too often.

I heard a young girl once say of her: "She is great enough to have been an inspired prophetess of olden times, and tender enough to have been the mother of our Dear Saviour." Such were the words of impassioned praise that fell from the lips of a young, motherless, Roman Catholic girl, one of the many whom Mrs.Botta had taught and befriended.

Once, when reading to Mrs.Botta in connection with her "History," a man called to see her about getting material for her biography.