MRS. JAMESON, whose Characteristics of Women has become a classic, was born in Dublin, May 17th, 1794. Her father, D. Brownell Murphy, was a miniature-painter, no wealthier than artists generally are, and his daughter began life at the age of sixteen as a governess in the family of the Marquis of Winchester. In 1825 she married Robert Jameson, a lawyer, with whom she did not live long. He went as a judge to Jamaica, while she remained at home to pursue her career as an authoress. Her Characteristics of Women appeared in 1832, her Sacred and Legendary Art from 1848 to 1852, and her Miscellaneous Essays in 1846. She wrote also Celebrated Female Sovereigns and a number of other works which were once widely read. She died in Middlesex, England, March 17th, 1860.