Cobbe

Cobbe, FRANCES POWER, author, born near Dublin, 4th December 1822, was educated at Brighton, and early had her interest aroused in theological questions. Her mother's death drove her for spiritual help to Theodore Parker, whose counsels are contained in his famous Sermon of the Immortal Life. She travelled in Italy and the East, and wrote The Cities of the Past (1864), and Italics (1864). A strong Theist, a supporter of women's rights, and a prominent anti-vivisectionist, she published her Autobiography in 1894. Among her other works are Friendless Girls, and How to help Them (1861); Broken Lights: an Inquiry into the Present Condition and Future Prospects of Religious Faith (1864); Studies New and Old (1865); Criminals, Idiots, Women, and Minors: Is the Classification Sound? (1869); Darwinism in Morals (1872); The Hopes of the Human Race Hereafter and Here (1874); Re-echoes (1876); The Peak in Darien (1882); and The Scientific Spirit of the Age (1888).