The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-11

FEMALE WurERs BACK fu
October, contains n caustic article o1
Modern Light literature, intende'
specially for The eyes Of elderly ma
irons, who forsake their household. I,
go into The book making business
and sentimental Demoi,'.lles who write
odes to the rainbow, and languish owe
the las' love story in the last Lady
Companion" Talking Of the mani;
to do The lives of the Queens, before
as wellss after the conqurst--givIns
a word Of advice to Miss Strickland
who has unsettled the standing of Mr.
Shakespeare for veracity about the
Middle aye, y Kings as well as
Queens; ; the writer says:
One thing we cannot help express.
ing orr unfeigped gratitude for-,he
Queens at last are exhausted Nobody
can write any more lives Of our female
sovereigns; and though there are a
formidable number Of prInres>es re.
maining, we trust our fair writer's
(hegging humble pardon Of pr Dnrau,
who ia not fair--hut if it il his will io
place himself in the Amnzor'an co.
h"r', il is no fault Of nurs) ,ill b. mer.
ciful. and not ove,wl,eltn MS with a
new series. Saying this, however. we
would give all ccmmendation % Mrs,
Everett Green's learned and pains,ak-
ing efforts.
After all, then, it would appear that
human nature is about the same in
one place, that it is in another, and i,
Is pleasing to see that Englisl, and
Scotch Reviewers fast coming to this
conclusion the writer CONTINUES
One would suppose to read these
histories, that there sas 10 school ike
n court fur iuculca'irg the domestic
virtues and that sn far from he,ng
h'nde'ed or burdoned by the cares OF
state, the royal ma'ron was almost in
variahly the tlo~ea. and PERFECTION If
'a"tr"ns: not only go"d queen, but
a N 'd'.l wife aud mother. al example
to her humber ay'd les4 encountered
subjects. This, we humhly "pine, was
scarcely . thing to be expected One
h''.4lne,s is about as mncI, as one per
son can manage in common circum.
stances ;.'and We have always had 4
strong conviction that Nj zabptb was
n th right, and that sovereign
prince who has the misfortune to hr
'orn woman. should give herself to
rr profession and let common life |
md It's res onS'hiIl,i alone always
'Scrr'irg. as IN duty bound our own
n"st gracious l,,ge Lady, why is rot
allied upon to b' y ru,, and govern
'r, like Elizabeth. YrS, tue poor
'eed'e"oman who rocks her baby
radle as she works, has no better
jain upon our trrhearancc AID SYM
'athy thu" ~" poor queen who is not
'erm'tt"d tr '"vk the cradle. but has
be care Of it notwithstanding, and
more "ucrnu> business brsidrs than the
eedlrwomsn'S 'S--and Who's "li,tlc
.mp"rs should rrquirr qus@ rs much
'lowanc' made 'or them. But we are
mazed when we come to tind how
Unnecessary our folb,ara,aS, is. and
'ondcr in silence at the unrufflel am
'b'li'y Of the lllus,rions h,roines off
l'ss Strickland. Everything here
almost everything. for our author
g has her saversians-is couleur de
ose,; and Miss Strickland IL quite
ill'ng to take the word of the co,r,
oct for her lady's beauty, and to Civ.
'e same lady every credit for the
ghest womanly qualities. whether
,sslblc or not, in her circumstances
q The last bogus concern which ;
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