Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-07-17
NEW BOOKS.
W Onlen's Rights.


rie- Of nine lectures upon womans relation
rJ ciucati5n. labor and law. These lectures
we're delivered several years ago, and some
If them have been heretofore published, but
yhis Is the first time they have all appeared
within the covers of single book The vol
ume Is large, handsomely printed and
bound book, containing 49S pages, and is a
,aluable contribution to the discussion, now
y earnestly engros-ins the attention Of states
men and thinkers everywhere, concerning
the rights AMI duties and responsibilities of
women. When John Stuart MILL one of the
pr1loundest thinkers and reasoners in Eng
land, advocates in the English House of Com
mons wpn1n-s right t. the blllot and. in
this country, men who act and sympathize
vith. and in many instances give direction
r.. the thoughts Of the dominant party no
In-er hesitate Il favor female suffrage, it is
time - put in permanent form upon the
shelves of all our libraries and thoroughly
read AMI inwardly digest what intelligent
women speak and print upon the once un-
popular topic of women's rights The time
h,- quite gone by when those who discourse
IN favor Of these rights can be answered BY
a -ueer, or riblli j1ke, or c,ntemptuous
sarcasm and it ought u have gone by when
the foolish tall, y the lords Of creation about
womans sphere, was not considered quite
beneath the Intelligence and the chivalry Of
every well-breI AMI welI-educatcd gentle
, man We have been surprised to find re
Gently the columns Of the Coqgeganona7ia
surrendered to Rev DR.. Todd for a series Of
but that. substantially. Of a servant. and
perhaps. inferior companion of man, but on
no account 10 be permitted to touch the bal
lot ve the springs Of legislation or inter
ferr n what the reverend Doctor seems to
can-iler the divine preroeatve of manhood
d rl- sole government and ownership Of the
world articles written with an offensive
assumption Of superiority, and redeemed by
uu -it or facts from the condemnation Of
e,ery critical reader. Such articles serve no
purpose except to make their authors ride
4IHu~. tor women are abundantlv able now
ictrnd Themselves and the keen satire Of
Gail Hamilton would very soon satisfactorily
dispose OF tile p3mpous assertion Of this D.
j.. ho thinks women don't know enough.
ani can't know enough. t. attend 70 any Of
the serious business If life.
such a work as this volume Of Mrs Dali.
l.r it, direct and exceedingly forcible pre-en-
ration Of the disabilities under which her
-ex now struggle in all their efforts to make
women more -elf-rcIiant. more sclf-support-
M. and more nearly equal partners in the
hnsncss of life. cannot fail 10 DO much TO
awaken attention ana t, give light where
light is greatly needed We give below the
closing pages Of this valuable volume. and
we commend the work t. the thoughtful
readers who are willing to learn what some
women can do equals Of men when the
opportunity is offered. and who are ready to
listen To Il plea that the sex be given an
equal chance in the schools. in the profes-
-ions, and at the ballot-box
The common sense of society accepts the
need Of education for women 1t begs that
they may be permitted to their bread
but let society once grant the suffrage to
woman, and she viii take Of her own
interests She viii found colleges, distribute
opportunities, and protect vocati)ns.
Education must, in time, earn independ
,.nce for most women. Independence. taxed
and made citizen of, viii insist, in the
course of years. upon its suffrage; but
whose Will help 70 reverse the process, and
grant suffrage. 50 that woman may herself
indicate what education she wishes to receive.
ard what labor she wishes 10 perform, Will
speed the process by scores Of wears.
1t was Ileasnht To see four hundred Young
women. of the highest health the best breed
ing. of good social standing. and abundant
means. hiossoming like many tulips, at
Nassar.-we must add, also. Of good ability
and more than average education for only
good scholars could pass the rigid eXamina-
tion required Of those wbO enter. lt
pleasant u see. that between the ages of
seventeen and twenty-five. when society Of
tcrs its greatest allurements, four hundred
wealthy girls could be found. ready to devote
themselves In sccueiOn. and without even
the stimulus existing at 0bcrlin or Antioch,
t. higher things. And then. if the want of
public sympathy makes it painful work to
he always pushing the interests Of women,
-uch teachers and officers a. one finds at
Nassar compensate one for any amount Of
struggle. Miss Hannah LYMAN who is now
the principal Miss Mitchell, the astrono-
mcr Dr. Avery. the resident physician
and Miss Powell. the professor Of gymnastics,
1T l. only necessary t. naIne To Eastern
ears but besides these women, Nassar en-
pluvs twenty others. in whom it would be
hard to find a fault. and some of whom, we
are glad to see had taken their degree at
Oberlin Going westward to Antioch, it
was pleasant t. find other women who had
taken their derrecS. and were now teaching
Greek and Latin One of the graduates
employed a. Il teacher Of mathematics, had
won her own education in the college by
teaching one vear.-sJmetimes in distant
districts schools. and studying the next.
At Obcrlm. the picture still more in
spring for Oberlin has, suppose. more
pupils than any college in the land, if we
except Michigan University and one-half
rf them are girls and women. The practical
working of this college is beautiful to see
1t has been fortunate III the magnificent faith
communicated to it by Dr. Finney Most of
the women who were its early students and
stamped its characher, 80 that no scandal
dared invade is borders. are now the wives
Of its professors. and many of them are still
engaged in teaching. Mrs. Dascomb, who
- the wife Of the professor of chemistry, has
been with the college from the beginning ::
she Is fine person for her position, as
lady principal, as Miss Lyman; yet how
differently have the two been trained Mrs.
Dascomb, by isolation. persecution, contact
with the rudcst elements in W estern life vet
keeping. through all. noble faith in man
hood and womanhood Miss Lyman, start
inr from the most distinguished social circle
in Northampton, holding high place among
what DR.. Holmes would call the : Brahmns'
of Montreal, and finally polished by Euro
pean tour. and holding control with power
rs imperceptibe as it is firm. At Milwau-
kee. beside DIR. Ross, to whose ten years OF
successful practice I have alluded, found