BREMER, FBEDRIIcA, the well-known Swedish novelist, was b. near Abo, in Fin land, 17th Aug., 1801; but when she was only three years old, her father removed to Sweden. As a child of eight, she had already begun to write verses; and the works of German poets, Schiller more especially, exercised a most powerful influence over her youthful imagination. Her original novels first made their appearance under the gen eral title Tekningar ztr Ilrardagsbfret, at Stockholm, in 1835. It was not, however, till 1842 that the English public hailed with delight the appearance, in an English dress, of The Neighbors, perhaps the most universally popular of all Fredrika B.'s charming pictures of domestic life in Sweden. Encouraged by its enthusiastic reception, Mrs. Howitt subsequently published translations of The Diary, The H Family, The President's Daughters. Brothers and Sisters, Life in Delecarlia, and The .Midnight Sun. In 1849, Miss B. visited the United States, and there spent two years, passing some time in England on her return. In her Homes of the New World, published simultaneously in England,
America, and Sweden, in 1853, she not only presents us with exquisite descriptions of scenery, and vivid pictures of social life, but with sqund and comprehensive views on political and moral subjects. Returning to her home in Sweden, to find a beloved sister dead, Miss B. devoted her talents and energies to the carrying out of certain philan thropic objects, in which she had throughout life felt deep interest, more especially the education of the poorest classes. As a writer of fiction, she is distinguished for femi nine delicacy, shrewd sense, humor, deep knowledge of human nature, and a graphic and forcible style. Her works have been translated into almost all the languages of Europe. She died in 1865. Her life and unpublished writings were issued by her sister in 1868.