Garth

( Sip ), woman of the people, who “puts” everything “honest” to people. Shrewd, deep of heart and almost fierce of will, girding at her limitations, yet profoundly in sympathy with her fellow-sufferers, she becomes a valuable ally to her high-bred friend, Perley Kelso, in her efforts to bring comfort and beauty into the dwellings of the poor.—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, The Silent Partner (1871). Garth ( Caleb ), surveyor and land-agent. Excellent man, but better at lending than keeping money. Mary Garth , his daughter; sensible and true woman, with few graces of person and no affectations.—George Eliot, Middle march.