ABSTRACT
The degree of estimation in which the author holds the character of the late Mrs. Godwin is by no means confined to her correctness of judgment, quickness of perception, or literary talents: there are other estimable points among her many endowments, which, if allowed to have their due weight in influencing the mind, will make a considerable addition to the lustre of her character. On the correctness of her judgment in certain cases, most men will probably be disposed to demur; individual parts of her private conduct lie still more open to the disapprobation of the systematic moralist; but the purity of her intentions must be considered as unimpeachable. Her views however of general utility did not carry her wildly, forward to a neglect of the domestic calls of attention; for that she attended to the latter with a laudable degree of scrupulousness is fully evinced in her private letters, and her continued exertions for her family.
