▁Rome . ▁The ▁Baron ess ▁died ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁November ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁ ▁Career ▁Baron ess ▁von ▁T aut ph oe us ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁an ▁interesting ▁group ▁of ▁writers ▁of ▁English ▁fiction , ▁who ▁became ▁residents ▁in ▁foreign ▁countries ▁and ▁devoted ▁their ▁tal ents ▁to ▁the ▁illustr ation ▁of ▁foreign ▁man ners . ▁Having ▁been ▁extremely ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁they ▁have ▁since ▁fallen ▁into ▁obsc urity . ▁ ▁Her ▁four ▁nov els ▁were ▁described ▁by ▁Richard ▁Gar nett ▁as ▁" ent ertain ing ▁combinations ▁of ▁rom ance ▁and ▁travel og ue ," ▁drawing ▁on ▁a ▁knowledge ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁German ▁man ners ▁and ▁scen ery . ▁Her ▁hero ines ▁( such ▁as ▁H ilde gar de ▁in ▁The ▁Initial s ▁and ▁Leon ora ▁in ▁Qu its ) ▁are ▁force ful ▁and ▁intellect ually ▁curious . ▁Her ▁first , ▁The ▁Initial s ▁( Lond on , ▁ 1 8 5 0 ) ▁became ▁highly ▁popular ▁despite ▁attract ing ▁little ▁critical ▁attention . ▁It ▁contrast s ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁German ▁sister s ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁tale ▁of ▁sk il ful ▁susp ense ▁with ▁a ▁happy ▁dé nou ement . ▁Qu its ▁ ▁( Lond on , ▁ 1 8 5 7 ; ▁in ▁German , ▁Leipzig , ▁ 1 8 6 3 ) ▁concerns ▁how ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁mind ▁may ▁protect ▁someone ▁from ▁f riv ol ous ▁society . ▁It ▁dev otes ▁ 6 0 ▁pages ▁in