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276 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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do and not there cohere the by " any sweaters law of organization haveit is to true the organized body politic a . certain Here
them grinding find and lace wholl but y material it . be order doubted , , wherein whether a , certain the remed proportion y is much of
better than p the ; disease . may will It not is quite ( even clear now that in Lancashir women who e !) have find things to earn prep their ared livelihood easy to
latter are them , however ; and It they is great a are curious may much anomal be mor the e strain likel and y to of a go satire competition to the upon wall all upon than received these men y
ideas . about womenthat such as , have to contend with the world require more self-reliance , , energy , and prudence _^ than a directed man need in
possess . Therefore Miss Boucherett ' s book is wisely , which great part lie at , to the those root of questions success of indeed moral for and men intellectual , but of any training chance
of success for women . " Self-reliance founded on self-knowledge " parents need Is as necessary consider who know this as air betimes they to must one , and who leave not must their bring get girls them her unprovided own up to livelihood a dream for , ; . must and
Perseverance and business habits are just the qualities which it they Is particularl are not y largel difficult included to teach in to g the irls . normal Partly household , we believe nature , because of
women . Of course y there must be order and industry in a householdbut the sort of order and the sort of industry required in a
mistress , and a motheris not identical with that required by busi-, ness . A house-mother needs a power of subtle , convertible , sympa-
thetie activity , which is not the result of the kind of training necessary to serve well in a shop ; but it is quite of the clear that if hind women they
must into businessbusiness habits ordinary must possess go , or be tramp , led under foot ; and only those who have been forced to acquire such by long and painful effort well can
guess _^ Regarding how important the absolut it is e to necessity lay the foundation of dogged l earl perseverance y the and want . and of
" of business brig a hter irl parts who application used , Miss to , Boucherett attend and its the p says village ower , " of I school myself supp T ying sometimes knew an instance visited ,
• where g she was thought dull by her companions and teacher , and dress occup - ied making a low , but place becoming in her class tired . of After that leaving , or not school succeeding she learnt in it ,
she determined to become saleswoman in a shop . To prepare herarithmetic self for the —for position thoug she h she spent had le ten arnt shillings at school in she taking was not lessons perfect in
in . it . Then she went to a townwhere she got a situation in a _sniall shop , at low wages . The following , year she got the a better
by situation her good in a conduct large shop . In , and a short attracted time he the m attention ade her he of ad manager owner here sho
and book-keeper of a branch establishment he had , w
276 Notices Of Books.
276 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1863, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061863/page/60/
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