"A goblet for a Titan," said Harriet.
"And the one who drained it would be a tight un," said Grace.
She thought the best thing ever said about seasickness was from Kate Field, who, after a tempestuous trip, said: "Lemonade is the only satisfactory drink on a sea voyage; it tastes as well coming up as going down." * * * * * The last years of this brilliant and beloved woman were devoted to futile attempts to solve the problem of Perpetual Motion.

I wish she had given us her memories instead.
Helen Ghika was born at Bucharest, Wallachia, the 22nd of January, 1829.

The Ghika family is of an ancient and noble race.

It originated in Albania, and two centuries ago the head of it went to Wallachia, where it had been a powerful and ruling family.

In 1849, at the age of twenty, the Princess was married to a Russian, Prince Koltzoff Massalsky, a descendant of the old Vikings of Moldavia; her marriage has not been a congenial one.
A sketch of the distinguished woman, Helen Ghika, the Princess Massalsky, who, under the _nom de plume_ of Dora D'Istria, has made for herself a reputation and position in the world of letters among the great women of our century, will at least have something of the charm of novelty for most American readers.