Litchfield enquirer., 1868-11-26
MISS ANN DICKINl MS NOVEL.
HE CRITIC CRITICISED INTERESTING LET
 TER FROM HAR3RD LADY.

TER FROM A HAR3RD LADY.
 Miss Ann Dickinson 4le her first real. ly great impression up the public in Hartford, and she has ny friends here l who will be interested ilhe following ar- ticle. Mrs. StoHe wrotar the Couraas 9 brief but friendly notie9f Miss Dickin sons new novel, |" WhaAnswer?" Mrs. ' Child had similarly conended 1t. The Nation, acknowledging u it had not read the book. criticisea the tee ladies sharp ly, and in subsequent hmber reviewed the book with great seyeE i fourth la- i dy responds as follows:-
 To THE EDITOR OF THE ITIoN:
 SR:-In your issue ofetober 29, ap- pears criticism of $ WhlAnswer?" which deslre to comment up0f you will grant ne column or two for tIpurpose.
 Three considerations somportance seem to be overlooked by. youritic in his mo- tice of Miss Dickinson Id her friends, Mrs. Stowe and Mrs ChE-l. Every be- glnner Is necessarily an fiction upon the public. He must have actice, and the world must bear with hiuihile he is young in his business. The tai, the mechanic,
 the lawyer, the clergyma the astist, the
 editor, all do Q good deaf imperfect and clumsy work before tn become either very successful or very ful; and the or ators and book makers aaot exempt from the same law of inexpence. Ali that we ought to ask Is that dl shall cultivate himself in all his facultigust as far as he is able while keeping hself and those dependant on nim suppli with food and clothing, and that he shA teach by exam pie and precept accorditto opportunity all the moralities that tel to godliness.
 Let us look at the life this young girl,
 and see wherein she has iled in duty to herself or the public. Atnrtesp, sEalzii,,a.s ttttstt.ee that ls eafa ot i've fatherless children, of vbm she was the youngest, she determine to bs burdeh to her no longer. Acco4 ngly she procur. ed employment as cop1t, and WofKeus a' whatever her hand coulfnd to do by day and by night, giving uFlth an angniSn of disappointment at oIe and forever he' . studies at school. Sheafterward tau9h district schools in the dlntry, once feso lutely refnsing good s&ry secured 10 lie by friend until the adirable mistress . a neighboring school, no was palo oni
 one half what the form male teacher It
 ceived for the same serlce, was put upo
 equal terms with herself About thls tinl : and while under siXteenshe attend nee , ing of Progressive Frie,ds in the City Philadelphia, and there, under the ezclt
 ment of the moment, fined out, to u
 surprise of herself and very one else' . little speech in defence of women, WI were being sorely handled by a gent!ems
 of the OId School. Soor after, a Socle TOT the reformation of Fallen Women Philadelphia, persuaded her to speak
 ths@ aaa eEoyyll4dJ wi vhaNN jg the RFfab G' ) of hard work in the Mint, where wae
 were better; then loss of place there' :,
 cause of patriotic utterances dlstaStelui
 the ruling powers, and at last an 1nvl5at' 7 to work among the hills of New Hampsh : in the critical campaign of l8o3. Ali l weeks of continuous labor there, reWafo
 hy kindness and devotion but by small tnrns otherwise, Connecticut, in desper ,f straits. also sent for the young mission a with fear and trembling-and one mott lly woman, of the best the city held, tak 's the young girl by the hand. walked al
 mon the stage with her before cold, c ,e ical audience in conservative old Hartft At the close of the speech there was 'o enthusiastic movement towards the sti ut of men. women, and children, and s ,i- words of welcome and blessing from 70 .a land old were showered on that young | 7'' as brought it low in humility and g oW tnde: and for many weary days and nl st, after. up to the last day of that memor
 strnople. some of the severest work ot
 camnaign was entrusted to thls gir
 nineteen. No one who was present oI ,se Saturday evening preceding the cleo dv and heard her speech to the working ' of Hartford, of whom there were supp on to be a thousand present, Will ever he then that she spoke of what she did ble understand. By the kindness of tri
 in Hartford and the faith of uo- of the presidents of your Loyal Lf of in their testimony, she at last m promised Cooper Institute. and one
 dred dollars for the night, whatever
 he the sale of tickets. Ihls seemed a lus- ann to one whose labors of love had
 R lonp q time procured her little but le .. return: but though Q part oi the ais- lone half, l think were given to tn ests d;ers she received something owe nor. hundred dollars for this one nights
 and WAS thereby fairly launched u a1es ramnnerative business. Since tha ther her venerable mother has lived restft into her home once more, and has been a ;ot entertain there chlldren and friends the good old days of her early pros nlsn' During all these years, MISS DIG that has been. of course, utterly unable owns herself to close study, such as a mll
 of hers would naturally crave; ana LII dancy of such success as hers has D ) fur encourage faults of style, ln both lring and style, peculiar to her tenpel
 and incidental to youth and lnexpe
 but if in all these years sne mas ilfee ct. womaniy life, and brought only no her sex by her efforts at sell -malhs '' and has battled for tue cause o1 pal .s and womanuool with all the pow God has given her, how ough' we l,er and her works? In what splrl, wa crit,cI<e them? Hopefully, 1 that saw in the spirit of hearty praise apable cnnraoement, and of that divine al r an- Well done, good ana 1aeniui "a :, thou hast been faitnfnl over lew leu Al w;Il make thee ruler over many.
 nthern ,vho,e drift of your criticism IS, }, and slnnldst never have spoken Wort srn,T,,n tiu thou hadsE mastered al
 ,,,s n,..r no more from thee t
 n.,s are turned from the vanity oi g, the >, nv,ng. ana thy llps, in perlecte R. R. ance. drop only wisdom TOT tue m inu +s. 3 4 second consideration on 'o' this that tue diff ;uIties which be est re- ,nar III earning an ample mar d. sneh as young men desire ana are ossor;,v ,-, sao t, Seek. are left entirely u