-Lady Mary Wortley Montagu-Her views of woman's position-Her
life and character-Defects of female character due to defective education
-Mrs. Thrale-Macaulay quoted-Fanny_Burney-Her "Eveline "-
Rapid progress of woman's genius-Mrs. Radcliffe-Her descriptions of
scenery-Mary Wollstonecroft-Mrs. Shelley-Maria Edgeworth-Jane
Austen-A group of female novelists-Mrs. Opie-Lady Morgan-A
strong-minded woman-Mrs. Somerville as a scientific writer-Justin
M'Carthy quoted-Scholarship of women-Their power of historical
research-A new race of novelists-Mrs. Gore, Miss Ferrier, Mrs. Trol-
lope, Mrs. Gaskell, Charlotte Brontë-George Eliot-Harriet Martineau
-English poetesses-Mrs. Barrett Browning-Influence under which
woman's genius attains development-Charlotte Brontë, and the story of
her life-F. W. Robertson quoted-Conditions under which true work
must be accomplished-Life and character of Harriet Martineau-R. H.
Horne quoted-Matthew Arnold quoted-Young ladies in the eighteenth
century-Mrs. Delany's education-Miss Cornelia Knight-"Learned
ladies" in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-Dame Juliana Berners
-Anne, Lady Bacon-Lady Burleigh-Nicholas Udall quoted-Lady
Jane rey-Ascham's conversation with her-Froude and Tennyson
quoted-Sir Thomas More's daughters-Margaret Roper-Erasmus quoted
Her affection for her father-Cresacre More's account of their farewell
interview Her remarkable scholarship-Anne, Countess of Pembroke―
Bishop Rainbow's character of her-Mrs. Constantia Grierson-Madame
Dacier-Anna Louisa Darbach-Miss Anne Baynard-Two of her wise
sayings-Mrs. Pilkington-Her birthday ode to Dean Swift-Anna Maria
van Schurman-Mrs. Elizabeth Lucar : her epitaph-Dame Grace Gethin
-Mrs. Elizabeth Bland-Mrs. Dudleya North-Lady Mary Chudleigh-
Damaris, Lady Masham, daughter of Cudworth-Her remarks upon edu-
cation-Her friendship with Locke-Principal Tulloch quoted-Elizabeth
Jane Weston-Scaliger's compliment-Dousa's epigram-Mrs. Catherine
Bovey-Sir Richard Steele quoted-Mrs. Manley quoted-Mary Astell-
Anne, Countess of Winchelsea-Her poem of "The Nocturnal Reverie"
-Mrs. Monk-"The Whole Duty of Man"-Its reputed author, Dame
Dorothy Pakington-Countess of Lincoln-Mrs. Esther Inglis, the cali-
graphist-Katherine Chudleigh-Anne Wharton-Margaret, Duchess of
Newcastle-Foreign women of letters-Examination of a statement made by
Macaulay-Olympia Morata: story of her life and writings-At Schwein-
furth-The town besieged-Olympia and her husband's escape-She
dies at Heidelberg-Gaspara Stampa-Tesselschade, the Dutch poetess-
Sir Henry Taylor quoted-E. W. Gosse quoted-Death of Tesselschade
-Madame de Staël-Characteristics of her genius-Quotations from her
"Corinne "-A woman of impulse-Her daring spirit-Napoleon's testi-
mony to her power-Her last words-Georges Sand (Madame Dudevant):
her life and writings-Renan, Taine, and Henry James quoted-Anna
Maria Lumgren-Fredrika Bremer-As a novelist-As a woman of charity
-English female writers of the nineteenth century-Novelists, historians,
miscellaneous writers, poets-Mrs. Horace St. John-Mrs. Bray-Mrs. E.
Lynn Linton-Miss Marsh-Mrs. Craik-Miss Yonge-Miss Sewell-
Scientific women-A group of writers-German novelists-"The Gu-
naikeion"

Pp. 177-259

Chapter V.-Woman in the World of Art.

Woman's position in the world of art-Possesses true artistic qualities
-Has been retarded by imperfect opportunities of study and training-
Ruskin quoted-Dame Angela Airola-Badissa Plautilla-Properzia de
Rossi-Mrs. Hemans quoted-Elisabetta Sirani-Her wonderful industry
-Story of her life-Supposed death by poison-Madame Riccoboni
quoted-Her versatility-Artists of Bologna-Lavinia Fontana-Helena
Panzachia-Anna Maria Punilia-Clara Varotari-Anna Wassa-Hen-
rietta Wolters, of Amsterdam-Tintoret's daughter-Catarina Taraboti—
Anne Smither-Violanta Siries-Madame Seturman-The Bolognese
school of female artists-Madame Rozée, of Leyden-Rosalba Carriera
and her crayons-Sophonisba Angosciola-Lomellini and her sisters-
Vasari's notice of some female painters-Madeleine Basseporte-Rachael
Ruisch-Renieri's daughters-Mrs. Mary Beale-Miss Colvin-Flower-
painting-Mrs. Delany, and her ingenuity with the scissors-Miniature-
painting-Female artists must labour if they would excel-Limitation of
the power of industry-Angelina Kaufmann-Rosa Bonheur-Sketch of
her career-Milton quoted-Mrs. Butler (Miss Thompson)-Her early
application-Cultivates accuracy of observation-"The Roll Call "-
Quatre Bras"-Miss Harriet Hosmer and her sculptures-Women on

the stage-Career of Madame Lind-Goldschmidt-Madame Pasta-Mali-

bran's romantic story-Miss Clayton quoted-Musicians and their power

of working-Great singers-Laure Damoreau-Ruskin quoted-Isabella

Andrieni, the great Italian actress—A fine compliment-Madame Rachel

-Matthew Arnold quoted-Anecdotes-Jules Janin quoted-Rachel's

successes-Her death-Sonnet by Matthew Arnold-English actresses-

Mrs. Oldfield-Colley Cibber and Geneste quoted-Biographical sketch

of Mrs. Siddons-Hazlitt quoted-Dr. Doran quoted-Mrs. Inchbald—

Contemporary musical composers and singers-Living actresses Of

France Of England-Mrs. Kendal-Mrs. Bancroft-Miss Ellen Terry—

Mrs. Charles Kean-Mrs. Thornycroft, the sculptress-A group of

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Chapter VF.-Woman as the Heroine, Enthusiast, and

Social Reformer.

Is courage a womanly virtue ?-What is courage ?-Women not de-
ficient in "pluck," but moral courage their special characteristic-Differ-
ence between the courage of men and that of women-Unselfishness of
the latter-Grace Darling-Change in the ideal of woman-The Old
Testament Type-The Greek type-Homer's heroines-Mr. Gladstone
quoted-The New Testament revealed a new ideal-F. W. Robertson

quoted-Dante's Beatrice-Spencer's Una-Shakespeare's Cordelia —

Mrs. Jameson quoted-Ben Jonson's "Masque of Queens"-Its eleven

characters-Tennyson and Gibbon quoted-Jeanne Darc-Forest of the

Vosges-Romance attaching to the forest-Spencer and Shelley quoted—

Jeanne Darc's "Voices"--The deliverer of France-At Orleans-Her

romantic life and heroic death-Coventry Patmore quoted-De Quincey

quoted-Michelet quoted-Anne Askew, the martyr-Her Christian hero-

ism-Bishop Bale quoted-No life is commonplace- Catherine Douglas-

Woman's fidelity to man-Fletcher of Saltoun quoted-Story of Margaret

Carnegie of South Esk-The heroine of Osmotherly-Noble philanthropy

of Amelia Sieveking-Miss Winckworth quoted-Wordsworth quoted-

Stolberg quoted-Origin of Protestant Sisterhoods- Miss Sieveking's

daily labours-The Lady of La Garaye-Mrs. Norton (Lady Stirling-

Maxwell) quoted-Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, and her life of good deeds-A

strange scene in Newgate-Sarah Martin, the prison reformer of Yar-

mouth-Story of Madeline Blanchet-Woman's high sense of duty-

Vittoria Colonna-Mohammed's first wife-Queen Jeanne d'Albret-The

wife of Aban the Saracen-Gibbon quoted-Dame Alice Lisle-Anecdote

of Emily Brontë-Mrs. Gaskell quoted-Lady Harley's defence of Bramp-

ton Castle-Napier's anecdote of the wife of Colonel Dalbiarc-Fastidious-

ness and timidity in modern society-How caused-Ary Scheffer's advice

to his daughter-How women should be courageous in the work of social

reform-Maria Grey quoted-How women may fit themselves for re-

sponsibility-Life and adventures of Madame Ida Pfeiffer-Her death and

character-Madame Hommaire de Hell-Lady Hester Stanhope-Woman

and the mountains-Madame Bourboulou-Paquette-Physical bravery-

Jeanne Hachette-Countess of Derby-"Black Agnes," and her defence

of Dunbar Castle-Andrew of Wyntoun quoted-Marcella of Lemnos-

Ælia Pulcheria Augusta-Gibbon quoted-Maani, the wife of Pietro della

Valle-Angélique Arnauld-Miss Martin quoted
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CHAPTER I.

WOMAN AS MOTHER.

Cousin, whatsoever good disposition nature hath bestowed upon me, or howsoever that disposition had been by bringing up confirmed, this I must confess, that I am not yet come to that degree of wisdom to think light of the sex of whom I have my life, since if I be anything-which your friendship rather gives than I acknowledge-I was, to come to it, born of a woman, and nursed of a woman. . . . Truly we men, and praisers of men, should remember, that, if we have such excellences, it is reason to think them excellent creatures of whom we are, since a kite never brought forth a good flying hawk.”—Sir Philip Sidney.

"There through the sweet and toilsome day

To labour is to pray;

There love with kindly beaming eyes

Prepares the sacrifice,

And voice and innocent smile

Of childhood do our cheerful liturgies beguile."

-Lewis Morris.

"To hope or to feel for another is the sole thing which can give to humanity the fulfilled consciousness of its own being."-Margaret Fuller Ossoli.

"Mother and child—what more beautiful sight is there in the world? What more beautiful sight, and what more wonderful sight? What more beautiful? That man must be very far from the kingdom of God-he is not worthy to be called a man at all-whose heart has not been touched by the sight of his first child on its mother's bosom. The greatest painters who ever lived have tried to paint the beauty of that simple thing-a mother with her babe-and have failed. One of them, Rafaelle by name, to whom God gave the spirit of beauty in a measure in which He never gave it, perhaps, to any other man, tried again and again for years, painting over and over that simple subject, and could not satisfy himself. There is more beauty in that simple everyday sight than he or any man could express by his pencil and his colours."-Charles Kingsley.

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