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s' NOTICES OF BOOKS. 421
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rather great The extent , real perhaps question lies , , for ) is , their for what " parents the sort young of , in training gentlewomen whose h will ands best their of Eng prepare destiny land / them ' to ( or a
for disputed the exi , that gencies if we of could life , be onl desirable they y tell married beforehand to or sing which le these . It women is with not would often
fession rema the case in . sin of It gle those is , it commonl would who y be regarded the time as equall and provide y money indisputable spent that on a pro the in - marry
, apprenticeshi clear p Idleness would be is a thrown bad ' prep away aration . This for , anything however , ; is and by we no
means . do and not an hesitate amount to of say definite that ste dail ady y training work , very for some rarel distinct y to be calling found , is most desirable
• within the limited range of a young lady ' s home , , if of not a wife indispensable , and mother , as , a and preparation mistress for of the a the household various benefit responsibilities of . the Would doubt it ?
to not If have they . be well remain a profession at least sing to le ; , g if it ive will they young be marry an women unspeakable , they will be blessing all the to better them
wives We ; believe and , in that either onl case y , by society a similar will be education the gainer , and . become to a great real
extent similar ends and aims in this life , can woman a helto man in the world ' s work and cares . The development of all p her powers can alone make her the complete being which , it
seems to usthe Creator intended her to become ; and until she has reached this , state she is a clog upon the efforts of man , intellectually of the
and morally . The infiuence of the present relation sexes is to analogous the white to man that than of slavery to the — black upon by the the whole latter , ' more s state injury of servitude is done ; while he
and the man suffers more in character than the woman holds hi are gh too -minded her lofty in s to ubjection slave be - harmed owners . As , b so y there als their o are are relations humane there men towards , and whose generous woman characters , , and and
who often make their own relations by choosing a wife whom they feel to be equal , and whom they delight to treat as such . These , rule
however , are only the exceptions that prove the . we Regarding hinted above this that subject the in development connexion of with the the characters work before under the us , under circumstances
influence of the author ' s principles was not full which what gave those much circumstances value to the are results . We . We have must said now that stafce there more are
who several y cause girls them broug to see ht under a new the significanc infiuence e in of life Mr , a . deeper and Mrs meaning . Grey , h
in domestic duties and ordinary pursuits . The physician ' s daugters , Emily and Anna Murray , are the in foremost which the characters whole tenor among of
this their group life is , change and the d , and sudden the manner sustained character of that change ,
appears When to Mr us . extraordinary Grey comes to and his even new unnatural parish of . Bucldand , at the
S' Notices Of Books. 421
s ' NOTICES OF BOOKS . 421
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 421, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/61/
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