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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 129
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ventionalities the would vidualit Not have y me of character phrased and Hence solving it and ) the the * temperament life autobiograp subtle problems distinctions , — h — rand of is sweep greatl of between anal ing y ysing affected " away the 1 ( false as Me b Fichte y , con and the
criticise Germans her —and _^ . emotions hence from Fanny earliest Lewald childhood has y set , and herself to examine gravely her to
thoug Her hts story and is experiences more free for from our self gratification -consciousness . and that
ultramodesty of its class which "With extreme great vanit simp y licit is wont y she to g simulate ives a p , icture than the of her maj e ority arly
. home . We have sketches of her father , strong-willed , practical , and devoted to the interests of his reliion—of her mothergood ,
g ,, brother well-meaning fond , of but seclusion timorous and of asserting iven to her stud own and opinions of the , —of other one y ,
the never circumstances exerting , his of life reason . A , but group g adap of ting tiny himself sisters , comp easily letes to the all
family circle , which is rigidly excluded from general society , owing this the to the mother quiet prejudices home ' s spirit of Fanny s , race but and Lewald is proudl caste is , — y educated a resented misfortun b receiving y e which the father depresses her . first In
childish impressions , from the terrible events , which are agitating France and the other countries of Europe . After the battles of
Eilau and Friedland , thousands of the sick and wounded are carried t to yp the hus hosp spreads itals to of the Koni houses gsberg of . the The inhabitants horrors of , fever the ph soon ysicians appear fall , minor
d differences a y pr ing ey or to tlie recovering are ep forgotten idemic and together , and . F , French in , the oblivious Lewal , awful Russians d presence describes of everything , and of the Prussian death fe but , s their lie of common humanity eling
sympathy almost _amounting ; anny to relief with which the inhabitants of Koni soldiers gsberg . These received troubles intelligence being of over the , escape the life of some of the of the famil French y of
" Markus" became more uniform than ever . Riches _aboiinded with house them , superintended but according the to work the custom of her servants in Germany and the Fanny lady was of dul tlie y
, we initiated have soine into the wise mysteries observations of cookin from g , the sewing authoress , and nursing on the . impor Here
tance of home education for girls , the advantages of a mother's influenceand the evils of society in over-exciting or unduly
bal depressing anced , the About spirits the same of the period young little , before Fanny the becam mind e is subject properl to y
. that are often superstitious peculiarl terror y liable of . darkness There to is which something imaginative curious children in this
against tendency infancy ; the and to dread system this the childish of unknown the timidit Materialist , by y which is often , nature even extremel , seems in y unconscious difficult to protest to
overcome Having , conquered and requires these judicious infantine treatment troubles from , Fanny the first Markus . ( as she
Notices Of Books. 129
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 129
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 129, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/57/
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