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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 199

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    XXIX.—NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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    ._———— —^^»— ^ A Phil 17, 1860. To The C...

    I am about to give of the individual development which , a few _ainong us can feminine attain , may activit "be better is understood but . not The favored truth is tliat tliat

    the it in is Eng infinitel land amount y more of difficult talent available for y a woman respected ; but , than that , if for against a man , wind to ; make and

    same tide a woman of ability does succeed in creating * a career , she acquires more eclatand , above all , more social respect and

    consi-, deration These , in remarks English I society am allowed than in to our state own , . " are from the pen of

    Madame de Charnassier , . Her translation of Miss _BlackwelTs memoir has made a vivid sensation in Paris among all who are

    interested in woman ' s work . It has even been reprinted in "La Semaine Heligieuse , " a little periodical sold for a few sous in the that the

    Catholic churches . It is for us to work earnestly , in order facilities perhaps too accorded favorable to women view in which England she shall takes become of the onl comp y a arativ state e -

    ment of the truth !

    B . Iv . ~ P ' .

    Notices Of Books. 199

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . 199

    Xxix.—Notices Of Books.

    XXIX . _—NOTICES OF BOOKS .

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    as we didfeel agreeably , disappointed ep with the above lively travelling and amusing Eng , volumes lishwomen . Probabl whom y the it has crowds characteristics been of our quiet good and either fortun well settled -bred e to

    down encounter into in our , the have recollection mists just of from past as p those scenes leasan very t but passing none acquaintances of tliem , can lay or claim faded

    away ; to obnoxious that special female title generall which is held a inster as exclusive who is prox trud _^ ert ging y by _jDOst a certain -haste

    , y sp , down and her the sunny side lass of in the her street hand with and her whom Murray it needs under none her of arm the

    opera g , native cut shrugs and color and of smiles her dress to _j > th oint e out itch of he r vo ice Ang the laise mixture . " The of

    dictatorial alread very made patronage our hearts and sink cool , with imp p ertinence the humiliating in lier , conviction manner , h that ave y

    here was another compatriot , who had come all the way from her us suburban andhall seclusion we confe ostensibl ss it temp to "do t us " It into aly , and mean reall subterfuge y to disgrace of

    , , s , suggesting Oh : to we ourselves can see her and now to eithe others r , bei iC probabl nulle y d an a American nd cheated . " g g

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/55/