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Vol. IX. April 1, 1862. No. 50.
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XIV.—ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN. $
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_ CHAPTER I. That tlie realities of life...
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .
PUBLISHED _MIOISTTBCLY .
Vol. Ix. April 1, 1862. No. 50.
Vol . IX . April 1 , 1862 . No . 50 .
Xiv.—Annals Of Needlewomen. $
XIV . —ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN . _$
_ Chapter I. That Tlie Realities Of Life...
_ CHAPTER I . That _tlie realities of life al and surpass any imaginary trials
experience which the of pen hum of an the natur novelist equ e to verif can y . portray Ye the t hi , such require is the s bu mind t litt of le
of socie fic ty tion , that than tears over are the offcener living shed representatives over g of hly misfortune -painted scenes and
o ppression dail . enac "Wha ted t pathetic in the busy tales , world what touchin around g us romances ! What , however a field is ,
sion o with pen , practical b on y dealing every life side with ! to Again the the shadow , student how much in of stead character we of ourselves the in substance a p lose ersonal in . progres contact In the
-, y f f ormer eling soon case is as ke , the the t impression alive sympathetic symp of at chords h the y enlar mo expand m g es t is and onl passed y the to contract germ in the of latter again love , .
p , , fruc A tifies few by contact since with circum reality stances . led me to take a deep interest in
a lare class years of our , oor sisterhoodknown as the " needlewomen of London g " and an p investigation into , the trials of many of their
order of patient whom ; endurance I wished to and relie prolonged ve , naturall sufferings y left upon which my hands could not records fail the of the
t E di exci t te of m t y w _English armest sym : Woman pathy ' . s _Joukjstaii Acting upon I have consen request ted to note
them down ors from a few time of the to many time cases in thi b s magazine ght to my , , under notice the , and head to o p and f " l t he
Annals belief exist of Needlewomen respecting tha . '' t Knowing which we , however do not ourselv , what es i w gnorance itnessI would
un-, , mitted at the commence to m dress ent , assure tale my of readers sorrow that I record far from I dare having not allow perany
it should to portray my be accused pen the depths of exaggeration up of destitution . I I mi myself ght , perhaps have , witnessed , thi individual nk m lest yself I scarcely justified in raising the curtain the of that misery in over fresh
sufferers thus farwere it not for hope so doing germs some measure of sympath arrest , y may the spring number up , s of o that future individual victims exertion to like trials may , , iu
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/1/
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