New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-23

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group Of wondering Indians around us VINO e,ca
every and then with Mlto Doto liz Our
bali kept up very late, and after ad gone 70 ny he
mock still heard, between w%hS anu it, t nean.
eLOly note of kind Of whippOOrWM' VINO SHE - Iu
woods all night This morning uo Ioles' - od very
numerous; We told that they are deep IN "'
The general cultivation Of the Brazilian people
presents few attractive features There is but little
tpowledge of pictures and books are equally rare,
even in the best Brazilian houses. The women are
i'll educated though often showing brilliant naive
talents and peculiar charm of manner.
OF the public schoo for girls not much can be sau,
The education of woman is little regarded IN Brz, ane
the standard of instruction for girls in the public soo
low Even in the private schools, where the chure ~
the 1er essS are sent " ~ from s " af the time
when their minds begin TO develop The majority y.
girls in Brazil who 60 to school at all are sent az apo
seven or eight years of age and are considered 10 hSe
finished their education at thirteen or fourteen IHo
next step in their life is marriage Or course utle
exceptIops some parents wisely leave their children az
school or direct their instruction at home, I'll lhey ~
seventeen eighteen years OF age, and others su
girls abroad But usually with the exception o' dn
two accomplishments, such French or music ne ~
cation women is neglected and this neglect afecs thG
whole tone of society II does not change the genei
truth of this statement, that there are Brazilian laC
the highest Intelligence and culture But they are inc
exceptions as they inevitably must be under the present
! their position only the more bitterly. -,
Indeed many of the women have known most t l.
ately here have spoken with deep regret OF tcr
limited, imprisoned existence There Is MOI bIazi'3 ~
senhora who has ever thought about 9e az and
cOnsrant. She cannot go OUT OF ner hoe, i ad
cs"n leaves her wholly ignorant OF the most common
topics of wider interest though perhaps VIII to
allie knowledge OF and music Tho world OF books
a. Closed In her for there Is little Portuguese literature
into which she is allowed To LOOK ana thal oi o'I an
pnages is still less at her command she knows NIUE
he history of her own country almost nothing OF that OF
others and she is hardly aware that there is any
faith except the uniform one of Braz she mas proo3n
never heard Reformation. does she dream that
there is a of thought surging IN The world
life indeed of all hut her own narrow domestic existence
| she is profoundly ignorant a - sdo 7 tool, ~, \
On one occasion, when staying al laZel1d' 'o"N
volume which lying on the piano DOCK j sucIl
rare sight IN the rooms ~ I'D tnrinc over the
curious to It's contents As sloou tuln , Wv ~ ne
leaves dit proved TO be rOmancel, the MASTER Oh te
abe reading for ladies' but that here quitting into my
hand small voume) was work adapted 70 he use ol
horas of family opened 1t and found u 10 ne sort
Of textbook of morals nlled win common plncHe
ents cOpybook phrases written in tone or cOndecelu
ing indulgence for the feminine intellect women pes,
little influence their education could hardly w9h1er
after seeing this specimen OF their ntenecltl TOOL t'
dicted TO reading Nothing strikes stranger more than
the absence OF books in Brazilian houses ii Inc iar Is
orofessiona man he has small library Of medicine or
law but books are scattered about as III com
mon use they make part Of the dairy IRE repeat
that there exceptions. well remember hiding IN Iie
tinc-room young GIRL by whose family we ad Dce
most cordially received selected library OF le uost
literary and historical works IN German ahd tIcc1 Du
this is the only instance of the KIND we met win curing
our year in Brazil Even when the Brazilian women nave
received the ordinary advantages or educa0n thcre
something in their home-fe so restricted SO sl 9C
from natural contact with external lnneT c r ane s
ments meager and Scanty as thelrmeahs OF sue
| zion.
The result of the observations made by the author
on the social condition of Brazil shows formidable
obstacles in the way of future Improvement The in
fuence of slavery, though it has received mortal
blow. is still to the highest degree, penicous. While
it vet fingers in the death struggle it wastes and de-
stroys the body on which it has fastened. The char
aoter of the clergy moreover. is hostile 10 progress
As n general thing their ignorance is universal their
morality a scandal TO their cloth, while their inl-
ence is as extensive as it is deleterious Nor with
few exceptions are the institutions OF learning prac-
teal and efficient. The educated Brazilian Is ac-
ouanted with books, rather than with facts In the
common schools there are few competent teachers
and the means of instruction arc scanty But though
the intellectual state of the country gives no brilliant
sign of promise Professor Agassiz recognizes in the
Brazilians susceptibility to lofty impulses, love
of theoretical liberty apness 30 learn and great
fuency of expression, yet without the stronger and
| more persistent qualities of the Northern races.
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