Before she was twelve years old she had read Scott, Longfellow, Byron, Shakespeare, and such books as Addison's 'Spectator, ' Foster's Essays and Owen Meredith's writings.

在她十二岁之前， 她读过司各特、朗费罗、拜伦、莎士比亚以及艾迪生的《旁观者》、福斯特的散文集和欧文梅瑞狄斯的著作等书籍。