, 1877-06-02

tho form q the lanR!iAge from Hero 70 iiatlsian
really cxhbIte It's tutlest phohetlc deselopfheht'
A FEMININE QUESTION.
TIE QUESTION or REST FOR WOMEN DUR.
INo MENsfRuAT1oN. n MAnr PnrrAx
JAconi. N. u, PfofeTor Of Matetis: MehicA ia
!oyist9n Ps!xo Es'a[ Of Harvard un.terssJ fnf
tn snn hissun M1m i9tH rs1 y. ~ aa1ns AT
pp. @32. FEE: a. S5o.'' 70. ''se'''s q w. owl
Tr- clnrhe,s 1ittic ro,t unor s.aer IN Edu.
''t.to "otA "pou o'A ia c"u
catoh, "ntch appeared aboat 1our ycafn aso,
has iacited very general Investigations into tue
validity Of the authors argument, and has
raIIr,l mt , ,enn.,drrahIc literature. chiefly
s-",.,. ~ eos''4s'su.u .. ~, arcn'
".,.,N ~ "on's, ~" ~ s.s..;.s ..an.i.n
os'tlons ausancea ~ tho aR9resS'te neA'so'
However opposed 10 tho real nntrEo and bcarinE
Of the facts dIscusecd, and however Injurious 10
.ast.N s.,..sI - =. Tr..So ,nov ho con,b1.
son!ne aaopI'u ~ ~ a'H."1 "! '"s w Nss' =.
cred by tflc sox whom II mainly eoheefhe'N
must bo granted that his book has served
M ,t;co the sclfare. not NJ women alone. but
a.s asstN - ~ ~. ~ ..S.a, -. ~. .,.,.,o,.
Oh tae sace, ~ w sMacu " .t1 outso",
or the many volumes which have been con-
trtbutcd to the debatc,--tl,e majority OF them
hv women of htoh culturo and ltbcral Iudr.
the m hnrnr,, NJ 1. t},e nhlc.t NM, mn.t
mehs, "" uo'v,s ~ ~ .,. ~ - ".s" 49, ,,.s
eonstiese ~ tno mo1n e, ". o" % WI" hroaI ,,ds
4. A. ,,1nun les &b,n 3fta3
ior an honuraDic place III tno mcu!eai pIolgs'
Mon, anu Nt1o nas. oY ne1 se.S ln9rouIu a..M'.
nlenls, ae9uEGu tne nnu sn;ie,, eomaGsu ~
an OVERWHELMING GafSisi ~ tnG pIgpatam9'n pa ,'. =.
tils essay ss has tcd M TO- taa scisntlne h'Gtno!s
ent, ynntrn. ~, ihc"rtcs or ntninns viii, bnya
not hn.s tes,cI hv scarrtinT .xncrin,ents
Tier argument procccls slowly and cautiously,
being built up with mhterlala gained from an
examination Of long list Of established az
thorltles. aud from protrncted serios Of oriGl-
nal investigations. It rcatls as though 1t were
the construction Ok 4 veteran in science, who
has long been used to the honcRatson oi person.
al feeling ~ looking fof tile evtdehces ot LIE
scat Of truth.
The treatise Is couchcd Ii tcchL icnl ptlfnseolo-
gy, and Will require close reading tu be conpre-
hentcd; yet 1t i Of such profound intcrret to
the female sex that It Should be maitcrca Dy
every Intelligent woman. ltis not otenough to laye
also be 50 complete an understanding Of II That
nls!,ed whenever demanded. 1t Is Important
that on this particular question women sl'nula
and be ablo to state Il on physiological grounds.
1t ia impossible to reproduce tho argument OF
tie author In Tue space a. our commas. .a nor Is
Ill., nn 'og ilico ~ aoy tha, r. strnnpthcns
tisn nosittnn which ths t1reytous wn,nen.writora
on the subject have assumed: thai, In normal
condition ofhcatll, periodical fest oi Gag or aays
ae1ther te9u'fea ,or oestca W tno o. eae ,xae,s
ssi,, n,nansa uTnl attcntin,, fnr TO- term IT
hnnrs II csnectajly futjrutn9: shu breaks down
t,nIcr It far soouor t|ian docs man: hence lier
work ahnnla ho rnrtc,i In cnaraclcr. and otiattcl
to frco,,cat Intervals of rest, It il bccauso 10.
mcstic work nccts these conditions that il
Tic aspect Of the subject which relates to tho
cducatjon Of women IL not cspcciallr considered
by tho author. Ilcr chief attention 10 bestowed
upon tho nature Of tic sc1ual function un,lcr