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BOOKS OF THE MONTH. 67
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BOOKS OP THE 3I0KTH. Those who like to s...
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Books Of The Month. 67
BOOKS OF THE MONTH . 67
Books Op The 3i0kth. Those Who Like To S...
BOOKS OP THE _3 I 0 _KTH . Those who like to study history through , the medium of biography
, will find much to interest them in the Life of Queen Christina of Sweden . ( 1 ) This remarkable woman , in whom there is much to
admire as well as much to lament , lived in a stirring period , and undoubtedlexercised considerable influence over her generation .
Mr . Woodhead y writes of her with a genuine interest in his subject , which imparts to the narrative a life and freshness often wanting in
a colder style of biography . Mrs . Baily's " Lancashire Homes , and what ails them , " ( 2 ) is a
record of a short visit paid to some of the principal scenes of suffering in the cotton districts . She remarks that her determination
to adhere to her own department , unfortunately for her , fastened her down to the darkest side of the picture . We are convinced
that , painful as it is , we must steadily look in the face this darker side * There can be little doubt that the unavoidable distress in
Lancashire has been greatly aggravated by the drunkenness and improvidence of past years , and though no one would wish to
restrain the flow of sympathy for the sufferers , it behoves us seriouslto consider the various means of checking these evils for the
future y . Mrs . Baily believes that a large proportion of the misery of Our poorer population in Lancashire and elsewhere , is owing to
the neglect of mothers , who go out to work when they might be much better employed at home . The question is , how are they to
be induced to stay at home ? Clearly not hy reducing their wages . They are already down to the starvation level in many trades , and
women go on working at them simply because they must . There seems to be no economical remedy for the misery of homes
where the fathers drink and the mothers are ignorant and careless <( punishment . Something of wickedness might and perhaps vice . " be The done punishment by more efficient is
indeed sharp and sure , but in the case of drunken husbands and fathers , too large a share children of it Not falls that upon wives the compara free
from tively blame innocent . In wives mcases and there is . much fault on their side are but on the whole we are any inclined to believe that men are not so often ,
driven to the public-house as is commonly supposed . There are attractions to be found therewhich the most amiable and industrious
poor working woman has not , to offer and the habit of self indulgence in which boys are trained from their infancy upwards , makes
them almost powerless to resist temptation . Mrs . Baily would remove the temptation by the enforced closing ( to some extent ) of
public-houses . There is much to be said in favour of this course , 2 vols ( 1 ) . " Memoirs Hurst and of Blackett Christina . , Queen of Sweden . " By Henry Woodhead . ails themthe Author of
4 t Ragged ( 2 ) Lancash Homes ir , and Homes how , to and mend what them . " _Nisbet . " & Co By .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 2, 1863, page 67, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02031863/page/67/
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