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    XXXIX.—A EAMBLE WITH MKS. GBUOT3Y.

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    -^»» Among the few pleasant things of th...

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    Xxxix.—A Eamble With Mks. Gbuot3y.

    XXXIX . —A EAMBLE WITH MKS . GBUOT _3 Y _. A VISIT TO THE VICTORIA _PRINTING PEESS .

    -^»» Among The Few Pleasant Things Of Th...

    - _^»» Among the few pleasant things of this life which bring with them

    no pain m the present and leave no sting in the past , stands far in advance of the rest the accomplishment of what we have thought and

    worked and struggled for , biding patiently the scoffs and jeers of the ill-naturedand still more patiently the good-natured pitynot

    , , to say contempt , of unbelieving friends and acquaintances . Only a strong conviction can bear one through such a trialand a strong

    conviction it was which launched the - _" English Woman , ' s Journal " on the uncertain sea of public opinion , where gale or calm was alike

    to be dreaded . As was to be expected , prejudice , opposition , and ridicule played

    their part , nor did slander scruple to raise her hydra head . But the promoters and conductors of the Journal had got hold of a truth ,

    and they have piloted their dangerous way through shoals and quicksands and stormy waves to a point where it may perhaps be

    permitted them , "without vanity , to say to their friends and supporters , and more especially to those " outsiders " who still stand cautiously

    aloof , Come and see the first fruits of our labors and help us to taking accomp And now lish Mrs , more . for Grund the . y nonce by the , we arm will , p gentl lay showman y and familiarl or showwoman y , as thoug , and h

    we knew her already won to our side , behold us trudging complacently along from our office , at 19 , Langham Place , down Mortimer and GoodStreetsacross Tottenham Court Hoad and Russell

    Square , to ge Great Corarn , Street , where pausing at the door of No . 9 , we announce to our redoubtableandtruth to sayredoubted

    com-, , , panion , that here is the object of our search , the Victoria Printing Press , where soon she shall see thirteen young women and girls in

    various stages of proficiency as compositors . " A very strange sight too , " is the answer we get , " and one which

    I am not at all sure I shall approve . " Tap goes the twisted knocker , and in a second we are in the

    ladymanager ' s office , the front parlor of the good old house , which , neatly carpetedand suitably furnished with deskwriting table ,

    etc ., wears at once , an air of business and refinement , "bespeaking the presence of a cultivated woman .

    Scarcely had we time to instal our sarcastic and querulous companion in the easy-chair of the establishment , and to note the

    searching and scrutinising eye that took in walls , ceiling , floor , desk , papersand booksat a glancewhen the door opened , and the

    , , , manager herself appeared .

    Mrs . Grandy looked and scowled , just as we know people will

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/53/