The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-27
woMRN IN FICTION.

~ . time pubic seutlmeoe ~.
lsesdsdiy against ths mental cuiturs o.
q peintiag, eculpturs, or any OF 70 nm
barely the thought could only have
InoHod in the mind OF some imagtne-
I've iauatic. When woman Demonstrated
~ ability to nee the varied talents
ghGgowffk nature endowed her, then she
gseeognissd ess power In Literature,
81, S5khins, however, has che achieved
S0atov ooccsSs than ~ . writer Of 6ctiou.
a Sv3desce o. this We need but
.outIoa the names OF George Sand.
Isesk: lEilio'. frsdsriks Bremen Maria
Gsoses Sand IL acknowledged to be the
nsst woman y ,vslist, Middlemarch 10 a
beseer:pisce Of action, and very little
far the best OF Swedish uovelists:
No writer displays such wonderful
naSfnation and such fine descriptive
SoVor5. ~ doss Marie Corelli. "Thelma"
. one of her most charming novels; In
his occurs her glowing description OF
fnouapcs Of Two Worlds" has attracted
nuoh attention; some ridicule and scoff
9, while othsn marvel but admire It..
| Another woman novelist, who has
von much praise, 10 the author OF
@ascslla," Mr.. Humphrey ward.
st master piece OF Enelish Action,
- kyrs, owes its creation TO . woman.
vritsrs OF thsss books, "Children OF the
\bboy,n s6cottish Chiefs" ''Thaddsns OF
verssW," books which were dear TO the
Ioexts Of our grand. fathers, and grand
bo1hsRs, and continue TO charm young
De1oFB Of today. -.
IhsTs ere many, many more We might
~.Sl~-lew |RGTss Mntock Halan Hunt
|a6koon, Louisa AIcott, Blanche Howard,
- othSss who have sscured . reputation
one book alone, ~ Harriet BeecheT
1oue, who 70 much famed ~ the author
euscls Toms Cabin"
HI should VI simply alluds to hall
y women writers Of action, we would
' ssess TO-. iitsis else.
when the Christian religion frst
rod over Europe, Il wss like giving {
ioea Of womaohood to nearly all
s1ions; the church revered the Virgin
laSy sven 70 an extreme; chtvairy
bited the name Of Woman with that
shs Dsisy. ks'sht: we're swc Ts. e
80 though carried to extremes. yet
8 most bsusncisi effect upon the
yitiou Of women. 6hskespear lived
Yea chIyelry vas dying, and when the
onsn Catholic Church had yielded
0XXX00 10 EtOt6ot8nt iuu0ouCOs W.
0naa WAS still highly honored. As yet
d sects, prohibiting the culture Of
Dmep, had existed; To- the course OF
~ such sects aross, but then they
- happily hidden "In the dark
sture's svsraowinG urn." Dante
ktosto, Bojardo, Tssso, and othei
allan .writsls Of learning and genius
lie plays poems. and ROMANO OF thu
four Tudor reIgns and nrst and
eond 6tusrt's fatty sparkle with GEM
tribute 70 the honor and worth oil
D0su. 6hakespear, no where &C
tongfy shows the marvellous superiority
his genius, over the average, even o
HE'D men, ~ ia his feminine characters
no Italian poet does he apply fol
wells whsrswith to crown his fail
nbodimeuts Of ideal w~omanhood. They
the children Of his own heart anc
kIn; with bis own jewels he adorn,
I'm, o needs to seek "barbaric PEARL
4 gold" TO wrsathe the white throat o.
mia, or TO crown that noblest OF women
y yfGht.royal Katharine Of Aragon.
3hakeepear's women are lar beyond
: average woman, yet they are a.
sturaI a. ever was Q real form OF fiesf
blood. Imogen, Rosslind, Celia
patrics, Portia, Helena, Olivia, eacf
- perfect woman. nobiy planned"
Dat who IL this that seems too fail, to-
~. even for . lovely true-heartet
man, some peri Of far of. enchanted
ndf Yet when We look into her beautiful
-. No see the soul of q loving woman
We recognize Miranda, the lOvliest
3 most unique and charming OF al
Hskespsar's splendid heroines. Wher
look at Miranda, the embodiment o
vi Womanhood, we long for tina
Iomised time when women shall be,
Nirandas Ia the charm Of youth
bsuty and poesy, yet all that she IL, II
~ Grandest, that central charm, mora
~ virtues, but that esseutia
k5sity born Of mental power spt
ty5Susl truth, Tacugh even now, Il