Frances Mary Buss and her work for education

by Annie E. Ridley

We’ve got no work to do,

We’ve done our hair,

And we declare

We’ve nothing else to do!

(Air, ‘Molly Bawn.’)

Ye college dons, why leave us pining,

Sure there’ll be classes for us too;

Ne’er deem bright eyes more bright are shining

Because they’ve nothing else to do.”

Of the graver side of their work, and as giving an idea of the kind of relation existing between Miss Buss and her “dear colleagues,” or “dear fellow-workers,” as she loved to call them, Mrs. Bryant gives us an outline, which lets us see not merely the workers themselves, but also the high quality of their work—