THE DUTIES OF WOMEN.
A COURSE OF LECTURES
By FRANCES POWER COBBE.
CRITICAL NOTICES.
An eminent American clergyman, writing from London, says:—
“It is the profoundest, wisest, purest, noblest book, in principle, aim, and tone, yet written upon the True Position of Woman in Society. It should be circulated far and wide among all classes of our countrywomen. It should be made a class-book in our schools. It should become the ‘Hand-Book’ and Vade Mecum of young American girls.”
“As I turn the pages of this book, I am struck with its candor, sympathy, and insight, and wish that it might be read and pondered by both conservative and radical women. The former might learn the relation of freedom to duty, and the latter may well consider the perils which surround each onward step.... Miss Cobbe might have called her book ‘Old Duties in New Lights.’ It must help many women to lead sincere, self-reliant lives, and to determine at critical moments what their action shall be.”—Mrs. Elizabeth K. Churchill, in the Providence Journal.
“The best of all books on ‘Women’s Duties.’ Now that George Eliot is gone, there is probably no woman in England so well equipped for general literary work as Miss Cobbe.”—Col. T. Wentworth Higginson, in Woman’s Journal.
“I desire to commend it to the careful perusal of women in our own country, as a book full of timely counsel and suggestion, and to all, as a valuable contribution to the literature of ethics.”—Julia Ward Howe, in Christian Register.
“Just now, the first ‘Duty of Women’ is to read this whole book with studious self-application; for it is rich in saving common sense, warm with the love of man, and consecrated by the love of God.”—Miss Harriet Ware Hall, in Unitarian Review.
“What is best in the whole book is that she founds her teaching for women so strongly in the deepest and simplest moral principles that her thoughts come with a force and breadth which win for them at once a respectable hearing.”—London Spectator.
“One of the notable books of the season.... No true woman can read these lectures without being stirred by them to completer life.”—Morning Star.
“In Miss Cobbe’s latest book, ‘The Duties of Women,’ there is much to be commended for its common sense and its helpfulness. Miss Cobbe goes down to the principles underlying the topics of which she speaks; and the strength with which she utters her thoughts is the strength of conviction and of earnest purpose.”—Sunday School Times.
“This is the very volume needed for parents to intrust to their daughters when leaving home for school, and for earnest friends to offer young brides, as a wedding gift.”
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