Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-02

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 We ehall commence in the SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE on Tuesday, December [ the above new work, by 2 the popular Swedish authoress, FREDRIKA BREMER That our readers may have idea of the work be- fore we commence it, subjoin the preface to the American Edition as follows:
 $ DEDICATION FOR THE AMERICAN EDITION.
 TO THE
 BLESSED MEMORY OF
 A. J DOW NJ NC,
 fHrs BOOK Is DEDICATED LOVE AND GRATEFUL
 REMEMBRANCE BY THE AUTHOR.
 "The women must regenerate us socially" was favorte saying of yours, my friend, saying pre- cious to me coming from spirit 50 just so ob- serving, and discriminating as yours and it S eIn- ed to me to express feeling inherent, though only halt conscious in the people of your country--the great New World the land of promise and of hope to millions of hearts iI Europe.
 'It also correspUnded deeply to the faith of my own heart. But if woman shall be able to accom- p.ish the great work which believe intrusted to her by the great Author of life. our laws an GUS toms, institutions and education must not Juntar- act the normal development of her nobes faculties of her will and aspirations they must rather be to her the very soil and sun in which the tree of her life can grow, and develope its branches, and bear its fruits, in full correspondence to its inward lU, you whose skillful hand loved to raise plants of cry kind SO us to propitiate their full growth and God-given beauty or grace. But is it so with re- gard to human institutions, for the growth of wO- man. mind and the full development of her God given gifts?
 You know, my friend. that it is not so you observed it already earth and must know it bet ter still in that blessed society where men and men commune as angels before the face of God. Even in your native land, which a friend and cOun- tryman of urine calls, The pr, missed land of wo- man, and of the child and where the women are indulged and left fancy free certainly more than in any other country upon earth, it is not There. even there indulgence has not yet become justice and the love for women not reverence to Her m . sion so as to command training for her mind, and opportunities for its development correspond ing to that and opportunities which alone can make her acquire her full worth Nor has she yet been prOpitiated far in any country earth. though superior natures have in almost all countries shown the worth and influence she is capable of.
 ''Of her situation in my own land with refer. ence to laws and social customs, have drawn picture in the work under the name of The Four Si,tsrs, and which dedicate to you then by men such as you, and to you congenlal, shduld wish my work to le judged. Its bitter parts must be excused on the .f bitter pain, not of a selfish kind. Tine ptt!iarchl bonls which keep back the growth, of woman mnl and social life in Sweden, and which sometimes anonnt to the mott crushing tyranny have slal 'wed k,rth in these pages, oft Gil with hetvy heart.
 '.Hut 1 have done it for love of the moral growth an worth O. my pc 'pe, in strong faith and hope that when it's noble spirit cLme to look facts in the face and know the suffering and ,ieii,clnent the bitterness of spirit arising from this state of things, 1t will rise and carry ,mt, in the liberation of W" man, tle~nobe motto of our present king, Truh aud JiStce.
 My people the first among the Scandinayi- an nations to ibrratc its slaves, when tle blessed voice uf the Redecmcr was heard in the North. pro claiming the hr the, hood of all and the free dom in the Etar, God. Certainly. it cannot long be one of the last to iberate the loving companion o man, tcotdn irutn state of tuielage and bond ss~, "hicl other Christian countries have already shaken off for her. More than this liberation do , not ut present. hope for, But when the day will come, when the sons of the earth will better know their true welfare, they will give much still to her who is to bc the Mother and first teacher; in fact. tue inspiring Esera ot the future generations, the coniI,g Man From your heavenly home. my friend, Inethnks see you smiling down, Amen
 Since We parted en American shores, the homes of my country have drawn nearer to those of your land in sympathy and love for their noble hearts, their beautiful life and am happy to know that I have some part in this, though only as the Well who gives back the images of the flowers and stars looking down in her mirror.
 Your noblest poets and prose-writers have begun to be translated in my native tongue Uncle Toms Cabin has been read passionately by rich and poor. in the palaces and cabins of my land ; Longtclow s pIems are translated by a graceful Swedish muse and Washington Irving's Wolfert s Roost is read in our daily papers throughout the land, with that peculiar pleasure and charm awakened by this delightful wherever young, CT pure, writing as no other romantic interest with classical purity and elegance beloved by all classes read in all lands.
 " Even your books, my friend, are spreading in my cUuntry, and are this moment helping my bro tnrrin law to built house and plant garden for his Summer residence.
 At my parting with you, promised to give the right of publication in America of work of mine to friend of yours, whose generous spirit even had learned to know and to appreciate. In giving my Four Sisters in the hands of the pub. fisher, am conscious that I intrust to him the work, which of all my wri tings has the deepest root in my life and consciousness work which sacred duty commanded me to write. And l am happy to fulfill my engagement to him and wish of yours '' FREDRICABREMER.' .'
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