CHAPTERI.

    TheWritingoftheBookItisfittingthatMissKellers"StoryofMyLife"shouldappearatthistime.Whatisremarkableinhercareerisalreadyaplished,andwhatevershemaydoiurewillbebutarelativelyslightadditiontothesuccesswhichdistinguisheshernow.Thatsuccesshasjustbeenassured,foritisherworkatRadcliffeduritwoyearswhichhasshownthatshecarryhereducationasfarasifshewerestudyingundernormalditions.WhateverdoubtsMissKellerherselfmayhavehadarenowatrest.

    Severalpassagesofherautobiography,asitappearedinserialform,havebeehesubjectofagraveeditorialinaBostonneer,inwhichthewriterregrettedMissKellersapparentdisillusioinregardtothevalueofhercollegelife.Hequotedthepassagesinwhichsheexplainsthatcollegeisnotthe"universalAthens"shehadhopedtofind,andcitedthecasesofotherremarkablepersonswhosecollegelifehadproveddisappointing.ButitistoberememberedthatMissKellerhaswrittenmanythingsiobiographyforthefunofwritingthem,andthedisillusion,whichthewriteroftheeditorialtookseriously,isiparthumorous.MissKellerdoesnotsupposeherviewstobeofgreatimportandwheersheropinionsonimportantmattersshetakesitfrahatherreaderwillreceivethemastheopinionsofajuniorincollege,notofonewhowriteswiththewisdomofmaturity.ForinstasurprisedherthatsomepeoplewereawhatshesaidabouttheBible,andshewasamusedthattheydidnotsee,whatlainenough,thatshehadbeenobligedtoreadthewholeBibleinacourseinEnglishliterature,notasareligiousdutyputuponherbyherteacherorherparents.

    IoughttoapologizetothereaderandtoMissKellerforpresuming