, 1869-09-04
NEW BOOKS,
APRoPos OF WOMEN AND THEATRES. With
nf1pcF Or Tive on PariAlau Topics UJ OLIVE
Lo01N. Now York: Carleton. Chicago: ".
u Ehen Cooke, 1862.

!, ~ 49, ~ sn.rn ~ p.,I,lr :, T<,-1r- r.. Co.
Io0lN. Now York: csrlcton, Chtcar,: "
Il Keen / Cooke. 1867.
u1sa1nays An ung7actou, task 10 criticize a
wou,an's WORK cspec1n,,y vnrn that ,rnrt Ia dome
a. a matter Of seIf.s,,nnort tnr mnre esnnrt.,iv
when the work after /. IA done IL vcr1 s1iy. NIss
Losan, however, has 1uade hertcI quito a prpu,-
ncat uh,1c character an, has ,,y Inference ii nnt
openly, challenged public criticism. Tne poos be-
fo.e "a = aevosed to Two or three chapters atvo.
Of wsy. TWO Of three casp1sts sa on ronen sa
ss that Of the abuses asalnss which she inye,sn1,
and tEo nr ,hrce anal chant.rs .etrt,g rorh. IN
80 80 y. -. -.a. se.aS ~. -. ~
so@ eeos4sae .Au 1ApleaaauuJ pe'aoua' ta1aaesr
1ef experiences IN fAlslAh uIe-
Ihe general style Ok the oook Il Jsu!1te!oHt'A,
which Is seiJ pleasant style when It Is handled
In a natural and nonehdl1nI manner. The Jtaiite-.
fsn shonld be compound Of pleasant humor,
hobef argument. and Se11oos senHneat 1t should
lead from Auilea to tcAra. II shoR1d coTet q vide
variety Of topics, not necessarily connected to-
Eether nor even suggestive OF each other, bat
there shoald II least be q point to cach topic or
come reason for lta Introduction, which may or
may not be apparent upon the surface
Most Of all underneath oil its lcTitJ
and ske'chlness and l1responsotlttT, there should
be deep feeling md good Intention Miss Logan
does not beIay In her writing any Of these tequl-
sites to success Her hnuor Is strained out Of all
propoEtloo' ahd net seas'neut 3 na~ktsh. beaidcs
Inc 'act tnat she eafeiui to explain her sentl-
en1 - - 70 lnaaca.e tae proper PAGES Ios teafs
anu pocAes aannkeScn.1s eae uas eera1n pert
hnat'ness "mca nlauuesss ltseit IN pau ]okes aad
e1efaeiAung's oaa punA weak siang' and almost
lnsudesaoJe cgotldn~ TFo paragraphs Elll give
safnpla OF the latter:
., NJ, S1s' .sos aua osAuta. " tneaL.ten
room. / hayt net an hit nrrnnnt hon ,tcn.n ~
tn t.fe fhe hand ~ 1r4endsh,n cTtandai hx ~, ~
Eucilsh lordy divine,
"My position waa a peculiar one IN uany-se-
speets, Hnen was IN ny hesehteeath seai o. nte
cnmn,u3nns nera e. aitna ana 1-ao,san n@5
Iou,s Napo!eon's court
To all OF which one is ycry much inclined tn say
bosh md rcca1l memories OF certa,n let,rra In
Thscte1a1v Yelowr,asu Papcrs aud Jeenas'
Dtary. Alss Losap, by virtue Of d VERY prettF
lace and gtylish mauuers has maua1ed to asso-
clate with poue OF The most brilliant Of the New
York Dohem1ans; has seen good deal Of lie at
watering -placcs ana has an interesting presence
which has undoubtedly carried her ,nto considers
bic GOOD soc!ct7: buk nil this does not saye her
frum bctuQ quite suceftclai anf. ycrF talky We
can Imagine the disgust Of some OF thoso hard
headed. ha1d.nste.i, har1l-tonguct, ana s,roag-
striking ndsoca,cs Of Womeus Rights who use
all the Weapons OF 1i r.dlcue, satlrc, reason md
fact with und6pu,ed skill and power n ther pe-
r,tsa Alias Tn.nn 4 feeble and n,rnsut tafk about
the cause for which they Arc tnattnp n YerY ener-
cetlc and earnest II not n1Enva lov1csl nr con.
1,stent fight
ty'hen Mtss 1oonh rc1rhc. thn tnntr NJ thea.raa
snn auncarr in A r1nre r,tcnlnua ana. samcttmc.
yeY1 nittab,e ,leht No one can .rr,nu.ty nues.
t,on the nature Of tho evils urhtnat which nhe
makes comu]a,nt In attacking thnro. howcyer,
tho ATTEMPT to mike II appcar that she VIVA a
sueccs.ful sctress during her thoattcaI career H.
Of courso. yerr amusing IN thoao WIN nre ar,
uuA,ntcd with that career, md esnec!alg TO man.
aRcrB, Although tho whole fanIly harm been cun.
nsctca with Tho Stage. on1y onc. ina saccoedr1
IN making name, md tho rcst have tiouo uulta y
thfiylug business anon her reputation. MIskU Olive
wa, not succcss upon Tho gture as thca,To.rocr,
know, whatever aho nav te IN Wnrntu.e. mi,
yact, Of icast ,nlurcs her e,ncey1iy a,
n Iudrp OF theatrical bnxIncaa Mon
| ihan rthA. VIC cannot understand he,
Htatcmcnt thu. "pcvcr was thcrr Logan wlt
Houe,!t huy counectinn with thp ntn1c E1yu IN iht
| capacity of a 1rk.HEna.o r!arcr," when TWO pi
her slstcIH wclu eugaK.a in the npectuclc, Of sAs
Hack CFpok, tho Whtc Fa-n. mi, iIndsue, II
Chicago, laAt JaAI, cxprrn.lY tor thu nLcy,Ilus,
ncas, a. hl,o terms Il Un tlu mnIu question MI,
| Iognn Il quito r,HtIL but In tho inannGs Of Gla
Cunning mi presenting 1t she IL vGry unfortunate
Tho remedy tt quito IA had, II nut wortu, than IN
dssca1o. Cur moral sisloa n1ny bo obtasc, Int ".
fli 10 .lllscoyrr whrrci1 thu Lcg-lsahlnca
Of the A,aso II my worao than nc
description of IL, the whole tendency Of Which I
to scud paoPu 10 sec 1t, uho had never sccn II bc
| fore. SIhce the lrht appessansn OF these paper
IN eome periodical or other. they hase bccu eota'
Tnht hodtae'; unf, c'rh ho1'tneJ arc scf
oAhsefouA e!ass o. 1eaalnR' ana belonH 70 aa 1"if
E1puroa10Fi'te, WHICH, u proper eaaSHRc1o, qa't
aa much neeaed 10 tals country as IN home- Ihc
mare answered Inc eame PURPOSE hs tne Lce-boa
ncss' ao"efes-taat 0! seosatlon- 1hc5 AAse oee
gooa aoser'lAenen1 LOT Mtsa Logan. Inc5 nav
gained }or her vide circle OF seahatona! fcades1
oot taeJ dlsusufe lac hooe, anu INC flnac WILL COZ
when she Will regret !iaat sae 9ara them az
tuftuet circulation thail tacy originally had IN tt
periodical ~hc1e theJ nfft saw The Light
The latteFpn1 ot the BOOB L devoted to her III
IN Fal1s and !s fAthcF amusing. Inc only lact c
importance which VIC learn In these chapters
,,.+usn ~ ! ouIa E..a,oan. oo,,-. ona -, !.
sI..en,r, 49, ~. ..,o,,a a', ".', a ~ .
mastu mas Ut. ~. ,.'eau aa1 sae anoss e
na1fAhle u1an ID tho world. She herself Was
foEt Of go-oetweeu in the matter Of American II
sfntoFs who desired ro5al faross- French peoPl
English people, and American people we're foresi
At the feet Of ~ person who could LOOK at your Il
Vsnuons IN one minute aud, twenty minutes lat
tho exactness OF time Ia refresh1uRiy !lfera1
Stand IN the Emperos's presence and ancas d
! fectly 10 MIN nbout tacM." Accordingly, nc 81
not surprised to earn ,ha: 1t was due to Olts
| Logan that Mr.. Field was enabled to land htl 81
marine cable on the French Islands Of St. Plcrl
and Mique1on; nor that she anoulI have tale
to secure heef contract Tor Beverly Tucker, wn
n Was "a k1n,l-ncart but stupid, chlFalyous pc
BoQ:" nor that II Mocquarl gaSc her the etega1
books which caue 70 the Tuuegtes from Amcytc.
authors, which we're kicked about the palace III
u the bouquets which are thrown to the prrmia
| dant,,>se cet kicked ahout the stage md nnn1
| sW,, s.L.-,. - ~. - -. =
1au lnte 1he nanAs OF tac eofGPasc*s uof s1aG 81
| insnttcd n, Npcuuard With the tAeDe Of his poy
"Jess1e witch " WIS translated into every mo
| ern lanouacr- selling hy. thnusands at comics
- ',Fs.. ..s .r~-, ;, -,
every ciFAze0 county o. Inc "oFlat hau II
| sty1ncc to say is Guite unknown,