from England a neat copy of Woman in the Nineteenth Century, republished there in Clark's Cabinet Library
I had never heard a word about it from England, and am very glad to find it will be read by women there.
As to advantage to me, the republication will bring me no money, but will be of use to inc here, as our
dear country folks look anxiously for verdicts from the other side of the water.
“I shall get out a second edition before long, I hope; and wish you would...translate for me, and send those other parts of the story of Panthen you thought I might like."
The extract subjoined will show Margaret's anxious thought concerning her mother's comfort and welfare. It is addressed to the same brother, whom she thus admonishes:—
“She speaks of you most affectionately, but happened to mention that you took no interest in a garden. I lave known you would do what you thought of to be a good son, and not neglect your positive duties; but I have feared that you would not show enough of sympathy with her tastes and pursuits. Cart of the garden is a way in which you could give her genuine comfort and pleasure, while regular exercise in it would be of great use to yourself. Do not neglect this nor any the most trifling attention she may wish; because it is not by attending to our friends in our way, but in theirs, that we can really avail them. I think of you much with love and pride and hope for your public and private life.”
Margaret's preface to Woman in the Nineteenth Century bears the date of November 1844. The greater part of the work, as has already been said, had appeared
