The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-28

few pages Of the book to prove to the
reader that the author has a broad, true
conception of her subject that she has
made a careful study of woman nature
in herself and those about her in all its
different phases and manifestations.
This volume must hold place as one
of the most valuable books produced
upon psychological subjects. But it will
appeal not only to the student Of soul
science. All women and many men who
have thought and suffered. and strug-
gled, will find in this book work pos
sessing intense human interest.
From the first page to the last, the
authors manner Of putting things makes
the book one Of absorbing fascination,
for new light is thrown upon many per-
picking subjects of the present day.
The opening part is the study of a wo-.
man of good family, wealthy, Socially
popular, unmarried, and not young. With
everything at her command which can
contribute to worldly pleasure, her wo-
manly nature makes her unsatisfied, her
woman's heart rebels against her lonely
life. After summing up her reasons why
she should be happy, she exclains: ooh,
why doesn't some one shout aloud the
whole stupid, absurd lie of such lifeP
Can yau tell me why a woman Is re-
quired her whole life long TO live upon
substitutes for happiness and go to wreck
on them? Do you understand It? 1
cannot. But If it could only once be told
to the world! A woman must say it.
You are the one to say it. Sit down and
write it out-write it for us ALL You
can do it, for you can write. Tell 1t in
such a way that the men also will pay
attention. 1 cannot do 1t. When it comes
to the point, I am afraid. How could
look my brother in the face afterwards?'
A study of a woman, Well known
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this one; Camilla Collet, the oldest
''woman's rights" woman in Europe She
wrote for the Norwegians and lived
rich life, giving to Ibsen, through one Of
her books, the impetus to Some of his
greatest literature. Well married, mother
Of vigorous sons and daughters, sought
and honored as an intelligent woman;
friend and correspondent for many years
of the leading men of her nation, the
youthful love of one Of these men-yet
in her later years, she wandered like a
lost spirit from one acquaintance to an
other, always seeking for an unknown
lost happiness.
Other subjects taken up and treated in
a mastery manner are 1.-THE Woman Of
Today" Three Generations" 1.-THE De-
mand for Happiness" "a Bit of Evolu-
tion,'' Seekers" ''The Man Question
and 'Worhan's Productive Work.
Perhaps the best study of character in
the book is that Of Annie Besant, in her
seeking for truth with the feverish de-
termination of unsatisf1ed nature and
proclaiming what she found with the
fanaticism Of the self-deafening soul.
In the chapter on '"The Man Question"
this statement is made, when a
woman forgets her nature and breaks
into the domain of man, it is sign that
the man has forgotten his nature, and
has begun to retreat from his domains
Such times are a serious menace to civ
ilization, and the races in which they
appear go through a severe crisis. If
this crisis becomes latent, as Is the case
in England and the United States, we
have the Northumberland and his
counterpart, the aggressive, masculine
woman. In other word, hybrids, right
and left"
With this thought the author closes the
book: -Four hundred years have now
gone by-a period of thought; a period
Of feeling is approaching, and with 1t
comes the time of the woman"