A man who tries constantly to do right for the love of
doing right, he has become more distinguished than many so-called
brilliant men who, meteor-like, flash before people's eyes once, and are
heard of no more. There is a solidity about all his public acts which
command attention and elicit approbation. It is too early to write the
full history of Mayor O'Brien, because he is rapidly making history; but
Boston's history thus far does not record when the city has had a more
efficient or more honest Mayor than the present Chief Magistrate.
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HELEN HUNT JACKSON.
The news of the death of Mrs. Helen Jackson--better known as
"H.H."--will probably carry a pang of regret into more American homes
than similar intelligence in regard to any other woman, with the
possible exception of Mrs. H.B. Stowe, who belongs to an earlier
literary generation.
Helen Maria (Fiske) Jackson was the daughter of Prof. Nathan W. Fiske,
of Amherst College, whose "Manual of Classical Literature," based on
that of Eschenberg, was long in use in our colleges, and who wrote
several other books. She was born in Amherst, Mass., October 18, 1831;
her mother's maiden name being Vinal.
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