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XLII.—A " COLORED LADY LECTURES.
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Xlii.—A " Colored Lady Lectures.
XLII . —A " COLORED LADY LECTURES .
The In The -Recei Month Pt Of Of A Book ...
the In the -recei month pt of of a book February which we , however acknowled , deserves ged , among that our we should short notices return to its ,
to itand devote more space than was then at our command ver peculiarl y , intere grateful sting contents notice . at " our Our hands Exemp in lars asmuch " * likewise as Lord Broug demand ham s a ,
y , hi leased the preface to allude from to his the pen English which is attached Woman ' s to _Joukkal the volume . , Lord was
p Broug Knowle ham d , under mentioning Difficulties two , " biograp by Professor hical works Craik , , and " The " -Self Pursuit -Help , of "
bDr . Smiles ge observes of the latter— " Notices of self-made women , however y are , rare in his book—an omission which is disappointing ,
and Professor which , Craik assuredl added y does a not supp arise lementary from volum any scarcity e reason to his of unknown work materials , con to - . entirelof female lesFor some
the me sisting his ' Lives last of edition Distinguished y is deprived examp Women of this , . ' appearing volume- — from a void month which to month makes
in In the _English Our Woman lars" ' ten s _Journal out of the , all twenty the more -eight accep lives table selected . " . are
" Exemp female Francoise , as Caysae follows : — Louisa Bridget Schep Burke ler , , Harriet Sister Nathalie Ryan , , Catherine Rosa Gqverno Wil- ,
kinson , Sarah P . , RemondSarah Martin , and Lady Byron . From these we , have selected a short , autobiography , that of a colored lady , because it
Miss the interest great Remond just strugg now , to le that give which all to eyes our had readers are its turned ori , gin towards in the possesses America efforts made a , and special to to
liberate colored people . The reader will , however , findmany of the other lars" biograp is a book hies full exactl of new suited and interesting for popular matter libraries . " , Our for Exem ' school - y
p prizes , for young _peoj _^ le as weU as for adults , for it is extremely interesting We will as now well - let as Miss instructive Remond . tell her own tale , only observing
that having she during is probabl her present y , personall stay in y known England to m many ade a tour of our as readers an anti- , townswhere her
slavery spontaneous lectur _aj er _} peals throug were h some listened of our to with princi respect pal and , even with
admiration I born . at SalemMassachusettsthe youngest but one of " was ,
ten children of John and , Nancy Remond . Salem is fourteen miles from Bostonand is one of the most healthy and pleasant of New
Eng characterized few lan towns d towns in , hj the . general States It contains intelli can boast gence about of , industry 25 more , 000 wealth , inhabitants and en and terprise refinement , who ; and are
than Boston Salem , and . her My immediate mother was ancestors born at were Newton natives , seven of that mile vicinit s from y .
* Published by Cassell , Petter , and Galpin .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/53/
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