New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


Here is spicy pamphlet on the present position o.
woman. by prominent advocate Of Womsns Rights
and inscribed with great proprey the members of tbs
Massachusetts, Constitutional Convention The ques
ton in regard TO female education, Mr. Hggnson con
siders already settled We do not now ask, Whether
woman shall have schoong-but, What shall she do
with her schooling when she has it
As regards our Mass chuseits School system there ap
nssrs 10 be no Inference out Of Boston, ia the Opporlo
ties given 10 the while the made OF hoss opos
tantes by female pupils il in most towns greater because
they have leisure than the collegiate portion o
the hoys Everywhere but IN Boston there sne "a ns
High School open for the daughters as for the sons
Of the people At public sxsminst m. have seen con
tests Of male and fem.e intellect the bloodess h7d OF
the black board which tried mens souls TO vstcn
have seen delicate girls whose slight fingers could scsrcsy
grasp the huge chalk bullet 9TH which the h-ld WAS Won
meet and vanqui-h the most tggsrng 10 Con
10 Sections which would (cred> eIperf1J scatter senior
Cla. AZ some Colleges a. fthe chalk bue, we're bomb
sb. Let no one hencsfor ward deny that our plans OF
school tuition such they have been fairly extended
TO girls also.
But we should not plume ourselves too much on the
progress made in female education There have always
been highly educated women according to the standard
Of their age.
Isis and Minerva show the value set upon feminine
intellect by the ancisns We forget the noble tribute OF
Plsio the genius Of woman in h. BsnquAt We forget
the long line of learned snd accomplished togh Won a.
from Lady Jane Gray 10 Elizabeth Barrett We forget
that wonderful people. the Spanish Arabs among whom
women were public lecturers and secretaries Of kings
while Christian Europe sunk in darkness Let Aid
in rescung from oblivion the Of Aye:hs Of
Ahmed ben Mobsmmed ben kailm, Of COrdova Fho Vas
reckoned the most learned Of her age THE
century, in poetry, msb 4cs' medicine and the other
sciences which then and here Ourshsd la tbs words Of
the Moorish historian She was beautiful like ri-ing SUM-
fine and slender like young aloe bending III head to tho
Southern breeZes il she she looked like an antelope
disappointing the sporisnen by her rapid fight and il
occpped in study meditation her eyes rssemblet the
soft sno melting eyes OF the gsze- looking from the top
ID. thaA
well of science a mountain Of discretion, Of
learning" This the Arab definition Of what enght
eusd and obvarous Anglo SaxOns would call faceousy
"blue stocking seriOus y, unsezed TJmtn
Following the Arab practice there female prOfes
sOrs Of the Classics and OF rleOrs at Salamanca and Acl
Ia under Ferdinand aud Isabella At the revival Of letters
in Italy the intellectual influence Of Lucrezia Bnrgis is
classed by Roscoe with that Of bis hero Leo VtOri
Colonna and Veronica Gam ranked the equals a1d
friends Of embo and Michael Angelo aud Trsbosch de-
clared the Rmsrce female poets. Of the 18th centu
~, be little inferior either in number or mrt to the
Rmatori, or male poets Pope Of emlnencs Ben.
edict NV bestowed Maria Agnezi celebrated nshe
maticsD the place Of ApostOcs Professor the University
Of Bologna 10 1888 And POp- Clement XIV. (Glngs
Deh wrote in 1863 to lady who had sent him her
laoD Of Locke expressing his satisfaction that the
sion oflearDed women silt m aintained in Italy.
The superiority of modern female culture consists
less in its high standard than its general diffusion But
having attained this universally, the question arises
What adequate aim has this large outlay Of the
Of improvement
Nothing can hide from the conviction that imm)r
ta soul need, fer its something than it
ing and gardening and novel req fling and crochet
die, and the occasional manufacture of sponge cake Yet
what else constitutes the recognized material for the life Of
well educated young ladies from eighteen 10 Ten'y
fve-thst lie so bamelsss and aimless Some, admit
are married. teach schoOl-the mi eraby under
paid occupation left for the graduates Of high
schoOl'he PrOcruses bed OF all female intellect f.
remarkable characters will Of course. mvk out an indie
pendent pth for themselves in spite Of dscouragement
few ud ready for them in the charge of yOuagr broth
and sisters, noble duty few nave strong nat
urs propensity for study that they puue il by thsm evss
though without any Interior ain. Some enter mschani
cal occupations which least useful oying
their hands aud energies, il not their intslecis.
But for most Of those Of energy to this com
plexon must they at last" "ltls sad thing Tor
me" said accomplished fem ,le teacher in my hearing
watch my fine e' sitter they leave school ald tbs
expression of intellect gradually fade out Of their faces
"ior want of An object to employ it,"
But the question OF employment, Mr. Higgnson con-
tends, will ultimately settle itself 1t does not ap
pear that men have anything to do with it, but to
fair play to all asprants.
Energetic women will make their way into the
tiors suited TO them and the barrier broken dOwn
only motto No one anticipate the results aud it is
pseess 10 dogmase Let them be captains II thay
will SAID Margaret Fuller. speaking only psrh4p, ia
some vague memory of readings H-rOdofus and OF the
deeds Of Artemlsis at Salsn but after the
pers celebrating the name and fame Of VI s. ey
Miller Captain dozen years Of the Scotch brig CLEO
Yet would appear. is Constitution Atty dis
qualified for action II would be- pleasant 10 Sc ths
grave author If this phrase board Capt Bsseys brig
beating into the port Of Belfast in gale of wind II
be fesred however that he would De cOn,ttnonaly dis
qualified for remaining above the ha'ches
The est of sphere j. success If Miss Miller walk
the quarter deck if NJ d8me Grange argue in
Court if Mrs W can conduct the complex business
Transactions of great Paris house il Maria Mitchell Al
discover comets and Harriet Hpsnsr c,rye statues If
Appoonis Jsgieo fight in European revolution.
and Mrs Putfam vindicate smother lbedes having the
gift of oneu' if lr-t liant can really cure diseases,
and ucreta Mott and Antonette Boon preach good
sermons and Mrs Swisshem and Mrs Mich is edit
ces.ful papers then all these points gained for
ever and the is settled far. Nor any Que Of
csc be aside exceptional case until II IS 81 gn
thst il the other hand tf each pers N
being possible specimen of large class who would with
little less encouragement have done the things.
The great means Of general education, however. in
this country, is not the employment of the individual
but the ballot box. with It's accomplishments public
life public measures public interest aud paolc Office
From this school of instruction the American woman is
more rigidly excluded than the woman of any other
Christian nation. The grievance is aggravated by the
fact that Importance is attributed this sphere
among Americans than elsewhere. 10 connection With
this point Mr. III brings forward several considerations
Of great significance:
In most European countries the stand nearly on
level in this pect tEs distinction is not Of sex of
station. few b. Kings. Peers aud Prime Minis
ers-s fw women can be QUEENS, Regents and P--res
The of both equally far removed from d.
rect participation in public affairs aud hence woman
roman is neither degraded detrauded
Indeed. some of the most eminent European statesmen
and thinkers Of the last century have agued against the
principle of universal suffrage the ground that it must,
d consistently established include also This vas
The FIR instance with Pitt and Coeridgs Taeyr,nd
sid To half Of the human race excluded 6y the
other half from ali part spstiOn in Government Is poll
teal phenomenon which, abstract principles It IS i'm.
possib, to explsn Tbs principle Of srstOeracy is
admitted says De TocQuevie) the moment We reject an