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    282 OPEN COUNCIL.

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    JBritisli Committee Butterflies of Gener...

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    XLIIL—OPEiST COUNCIL.

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    To the Editor of Hie JEnglish Woman" 1 s...

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    fi wondering in a veil if there standing was reall at a y mirror no one ( which there , was when opposite her eye to s fell another upon mirror a whit ) ,

    b and gure the apparentl reflections y engaged . It was in gazing so statue down -like the and long still vista that of Mrs chandeliers . Addersley formed had

    y , some called difficulty Winny in and persuadin her voice g herself was a little that it uncertain was that when ; young she romp said , putting ' as she

    usual her foot shar on the tone : threshold Winny , — si ' Is that then you laug , Mrs . Dell and ? ' then But came it soon to meet found , her its .

    that " ' Some with p all peop the le as windows have strange open g fancies , , lettin , g to in like the to nasty , stand damp here in g such ht air a , dress —all as in

    the dark , too ! ' Mrs . Addersley then seated herself in a large arm-chair , by Winny ance at , and being chatted disturbed away in to the her dream ; who y , on enjoyment her of part the , of flowers soon the forgot mirror she her had vista annoy herself , the

    gathered evening breeze and arranged , the silence amongst , and the the quaint odours old furniture . " There are some things so good and so striking * in the book , that less

    we have been led to notice blemishes which might pass in a readers artistic - to work see ; but and we judge cannot for themselves conclude without . They recommending cannot fail to our be

    interestedand there are some scenes so forcible , and some touches which show , so true and deep a knowledge of human nature—the the

    book saying to of something Winny's life beyond by Grace a mere , for interesting example— novel that ; they and raise yet that

    last epithet is enough praise to procure it many readers .

    282 Open Council.

    282 OPEN COUNCIL .

    Jbritisli Committee Butterflies Of Gener...

    JBritisli Committee Butterflies of General , Sea- Literature Weeds _, 8 _fc . and Published Education under appointed the Direction by the S of ociety the

    , for Promoting Christian Knowledge . We subjects are — glad leading to see -the this mind Society "to takin look g up throug sucli useful h nature and to interesting nature ' s

    God . " These tiny pocket volumes are beautifully got up : the illustrations and letter-press are excellent ; and we lieaxtily

    commend them to old and young , as at oiice instructive and ornamental .

    Xliil—Opeist Council.

    _XLIIL—OPEiST COUNCIL . ( As these pages themselves are intended responsible for general for the discussion opinions , expressed the Editors . ) do not hold »

    To The Editor Of Hie Jenglish Woman" 1 S...

    To the Editor of Hie JEnglish Woman " s Journal , for Your information Dear correspondent Madam , " Z points , " in the relating Septemb to the er numb condition er ofthe and Journal treatment , has of asked the

    s female a insan w ent ord e two , insane es or pecially or two three in of on an those satisfac y man case s y o i fth n t tended or an y e femal answer establis by e Si , sex h sters having ment . o In f , C rep harit the l l y y insane to g ? " the I ag o inquiry in than B p erhaps g , l ium ast " Are month supp which the ly ,

    is p entirely under the care of a sisterhood , founded for the purpose not , many pensionnaires years b I the forme since reverend d . . We of director were a par so ty whom kindl of three y welcomed had who the went b advanta y the expressl Sisters y , to an previousl see d were one y recei of know v the ed - ge

    ing y , with such genuine Bel , gian hospitality , that a mere call was lengthened

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1860, page 282, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121860/page/66/