, 1873-10-26
Tho W0man's C0ngrcss---Tlle Favor
able Impression II Has
Made.
George EI'ot---Her Appearance, Mode Of
Composition, and Pccuni-
ary Profits.
The Newly. Wooded In Town...The Dislike
Of Actors to Popular Parts.
From Our 0,9n Correspondent,


Congress- WIS signed by nearly 200 Of tho best
known mud sblost women, representing every
profession and overy branch Of industry. from
all parts Of tho Ropublio Tho object of tho
Association Ia for tho general advancement Of
tho sox, md tho body Is ably represented by
such womon as tho Rev. Antoinosto Brown
Blackwell, DR.. Mary Stafford Blake {1nto Of Chi
cago), Phobe ". Cozzons, 11rs. Ralph Waldo E1n.
eraon, Frances D. Gago, Julia Ward Hovo, Mnry
A. Liyermoro (formorly Of Ohioago), Prof. Ma-
ria Mitchell (of Vassar Col1ego), and FRANCES T..
Willard {prosidont OF tho Womon'e College Of
the University of Illinois).
THE WOMEN IN COUNCIL.
I attended several Of tho sessions at tho Union
League Theatre, and WAS particularly impressed,
not only by tho excellence Of tho papers road
md tho addresses made, but by tho personal
oomollnosa, grace, and elegant nitro Of tho ea-
sayiBta aud Bpcakersn should not rofor to tho
lattor, wore 1t not common for ordinary mon to
conaidor intellectual and progressive women rs
homely awkward, and dowdy, md to intimate
TINT most Of their strong -mindolnesa nrisos from
their unattraotiyonosB. Tho Association is oonl-
poHod of Conservatives as woll as Radicals, and
the papers road and diBcuesol-such us "The
Inyio1ato Homostead," Enlightened Mother
hood" "Tle Household Co.oducation Of tho
soxcs," and, indeed, Woman in all tho ro-
1atlons Of 1fo-cou1d not hayo boon moro
thoughtfully and impartially troated by the bost
OF our public men. The deliberations woro 60
temperate, and altogether In 30 good TASTE that
thoy cannot full to havo vory good influence,
aud to help womon to the higher plano to which
they aspire.
Tho Woman's Congress laa clearly shown Of
What women are capable, by bringing many Of
tho best and nob1cst to tho front, ind by ailenc-
ing satire by an overwhelming manifestation OF
talent, judgment, and character.
l. NOTICEABLE FEATURE
was tho appearance oil tho platform OF Maria
Jordan Wohtnloroland, a Boutlcrner, niece Of
tho late Howell Cobb. Of Gcorgia. Everybody
Knows how entirely conservative the South Inns
always been to womcu, mud how violently opposed
to tloir social and pocuuiary Independence.
Mrs. Wcst1norsland 1nd particular Btross on
this; saying That the Southern womon had been
victims q f"lso education, mud wero just Begin
o oMa ufo she he hop 9 bn p9ss s sssn s r
Mrs. Livornoro, and other Indies Of thoir abil-
ity and kind would go South, and lecture to
their unonlghtenud sisters on tho requirements
Of tho time and the duties Of tho hour. Tho po-
all Of 10 prominent . fa,niy and 30 highly coll
nccted Us Mrs. ". indicate u new era in the scc-
tion from which sho comes, and speak most fa-
yorably Of itp development.
nA9t "oillen Afo 10 20, aHu now they arc to
do It, Ia ono Of tho great questions Of tho day
and tho Association for tho Advancement Of
Women is direct mud practical mode Of answer-
ing tho question.
THE GREAT woa1AN-noyEL1sr.
This subject reminds mo of private letter
rocontly received from London respecting
George Eliot, wlloso maiden nasno was Marian
Evans, and who ia now tho wifo Of George
Honry Lewes. She Ia regarded over there M
she is hero, rs tte tlrst Of living English novel
min 10
~. aB il generally Represented, ard her face,
when animated by conversation, iB eafd to bo
handsonlo. Hor figure IL good, hor bearing
graceful, and her manners elegant. Very SHY
circumstances Of her marriage, sue is avorao to
meeting strangers, and il usually ycry reserved
and silent In company, nnlesH it bo COM
l posed {;o Of her intmates. ller friends almost
oE oEEshhp happ 9oF e,r and tr loss ns o anal, hage
Lcr as charming. When freed from restraint
whom the ice is nloltod between her and her yiai-
tors, sllo talks with wonderful oaao and elo-
quence. Unlike many gifted persons, she does
nnors nGs o hx tue but daws
interest III them. Not few Of her admirers
think that her speech iB evon superior to her
written thought, and say TINT no ons can fully
appreciate George Eliot until he has hoard Ler
Gu hor manuscript aho tolls tremendously,
working OH m average aix hours a day, and
rarely accomplishing IL that tln,o moro tim 800
er e 4oo words. l1er labors aro 30 exhaustive
NJ. ~ .snnereati?n md reBt She has boon urged to
hoai literary labora for tho benefit Uf hcr
iea;s.;; ioaisn; b1t sle ia unwilling to do 30,
thet .xr;fS fra aho could not live without writing
1ar s trost }fnn more e. than aught else, constitution
and. conscious that a,o han yaai rcnmtotion ~
sustain, she is constantly styiynr to anrrnss lar
previous a efforts. Eminent a. sho is as noyol-
poorv ;ndan she eslrs y to bo great poet
disappointment Mt tho reception OF u,o I. snsn;u,
Gypsy," on which sle lad hoped l.. ro.t hor
fame, was Of the doopcst and bitterosI lind.
her poetry and is astonished that the public cal,
hold different opinion: Tho extraordinary
success Of " hlddiemarcll" +" delights hor, for afo
admits that IL Ia her best prose work, aud 1t in
raro TINT the Judgment Of an author upon his or
Aor labor Is thoroughly indoraod by tho reader
George Eiot'a books hayo boe1, very profit
able. 6ho has published nino or ten volumos.
beon pad s1o 600 outrlght ios MaiSSS; Middlomsrch
alone. =, Il Is aasortod that she is now engaged
her llot-d'~uyre, and which will not bio finished,
THE PROFITS OF AUTHORSHIP.
Nothing moro clearly indicates tho general ig-
than tho paragraphs circulated on this subject,
aud commonly beloved. You have seen tt fro
auontly mentioned that tho heirs OF tho lato Will
lam Il. Seward had resolved s4l ,461 copyright
on Ills "IrayclH Around tho World" for tGo six
months ending tho 1st Of ]ast August, THO
highest royalty usually paid BY publishers ia 10
per cont: Surprising tho ApphtouB allowed tho
author 80 cellts volume, ia likely to bo
quite aa much 90 tho truth woald warrant,--t1,at
would yield csc. 600 for 100 QUO golrmcs or would
require nearly 10000 volumes to mako lid tic
aum named ~
The idea OF euoh a sale for such n book In
such tlmo iB simply propontoro,ls. Slarlt
Twain's " "1nnoconta Abroad," ono of tho must
popular books ever printed, did not begin to
reach Balo OF 100, 900 copies In slx inonths, ant,
push OF the principal suhsorption-l.o, iu Hurt
ford. II aoward'a heirs llayo had SIC. 900 thus
far from hia Travels, they lave beon particularly
lucky.
COMMUNAL COUPLES.
This III tho seaaon for collubial oouples to