American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-02-28
From tiy Lond .iEonthly .Nagazine.
CONTEMPORARY FEMALE GENIUS

AT no period of our hstory has female qeniu,
triamphed more than in gu, own DAYS. Al The
p esent inc there are living not less than twenty
iGNr ladies' OF pre-emnent talents as writers in vari
Gus departments OF hteratu and philosophy whose
names deserve to be specially enumerated ant
whose several works and superior pretensions de
Serve TO be treated at large in your pages.-For the
present. shall name them as ;hey occur to nv
Innd, and not presume to class them in the order
oil merit These brief notices Justify me however
IN calling the attention OF writers of greater power
to the subject.
Mrs Barbaald, distinguished during ffty wears.
BY her elegant productions in verse and prose.
Mrs. HaRnnh .uore, for nearly an equal neriod
by varlou' moral and controversial writings: moi
interior ior style and energy OF mind to any thing
produced by the Other sex.
Mrs. htlcljB5, who was novelist NAV De
ranked among tht FRS gcnuses OF the age & country
Miss Efgg'e rth distinguished writer Of novels,
mo- al compositions AL works OF education.
Miss CaHen, the amabie and ingenious authoress
OF N1rnon and Home, novels distingu shed Tor
men benevolent sediments and spirited compost
ton, hon rabe alike 10 her heart and h., ad
Mrs. Opie, whose va,ious " rks in verse and
prose are disnsus ed for their Originality, m
Senulty, good asie and Gle. an compostion
Mrs Nch0atd who as dramatist and novelist.
mas Produced various works which Will ever rank
nigh amon5 the classes of our language.
MISS Hutton, respectable as novelist, powerful
as general writer, and able as philosophical re
ographer, as proved by her recent work on Africa
Miss ". II. Williams, who. tho long resident
IN faiis, may be claimed as an Enplishwoman. and
is all honor to the genius Of her countrywomen IN
history, politics, eloquence and poetry.
Mrs Cappe lady whose strength of understan-
ding and powers oil dclion have led her to prannI.
with subjects OF the highest order, and She has nun
ii'htd several works in theology, education and
biography. or '"u
Mis- Porter, novelist Of the FIRST rank in ,be
powers OF eloquent composition, whose Thadder.
Of " arsaw and other works will lon, he stand,rds
in he language N"' 10
Mis- benSer, who figures with equal distinction
as a novelist historian and critic.
~ s. Ur"t, WHO has distinguished herself in
morals philosophy and the bellies Ieitres.
MRS. 'harcet who has proved her powere or
mhu III her Conversations on Natural Fhilosonhv
&c.
Mrs. Lolcry. who writes and lectures with erpa,
abluy on mlneraiogy and geology.
MISS O@enSon, (I.ady NJ rganl whose nowers
OF eloquent writing, and moral and political rea !
son0g are not surpassed by any author OF her
time. " "e'
Mrs Uaksfela, compiler of MANY uses,, and
ingenious works Tor the OF children and $, hools
1"'' AOeitso", whose discoveries with the mic
Eosr0pe ." the PhysoleY of plants ranks her bph
slohb e"pe' mental Philosophers.
MISS AYrSctet' whose Ingenuity and industry in
@s,i""o'i'.ei ouse'FAuon, have obtained her splen
did reputation Throughout the civilized world
Miss an ~ l'iets OF Mrs. Bal bauld. who
Gearing above productions q mere taste and fancy