APRIL, 1911.

Soutb plac~ €tbical Soci~ty, South Place, Finsbury, E.C.

(!)bject of t h e Society.

"The Object or the Society is the cultivation or a rational religious senliment, the study or ethical principles, and the promotion or human weIrare, in harmony with advancing knowledge."

MEMB ER SH I I? Any porson ill s,mpnthy with the Object of thiB Society, sub.orihing the Application

For~l for Alcmberslnp, and paying for a sitting, i. thereby ' constituted a Member of the SOCIety. '1'1I08e Memb('rs only who arc twenty·one yelU"B ot nge and upwnrds, wh08e namps hnvo been twelve months upon the register, and whoSt, scnt rents for the previous qunl'tcr havo be<!n poid, shnIl be qualified to vote ond to hold office.-Exlract from llle Ru/eB.

Sitting'S mny be obtllincd upon applicntion in the Library, or to Mr. G-EOROE OATRERAl.T •. South Plnoe Ohapel, Hon. Rl'gistror of Members nnd Associales, prices "Ilfying from Is. to 10 •. per quarter. Per~ons under twenty·one are charged bnlf lh· usunl rates.

llSS(')emTES. Any ]X'rson in sympathy with thp Object of the Society, but un .. 1,1. to nttend the

services "cgulnrly, mny become nn Asaociate, with the privilelrc of receiving the monthly list nnd such other publica.tions os the Committee mny from tllne to time determine, upou payment of nn annual SUbscription tlj(, nmount of whiah is optionn.I, the minimum bein~ !lvo shill ings . Subsaript;on6 may be paid in the J-ibrnry or sent to the Hon. Registrar of 1IIomber. and ASAooiates at obove oddr ....

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mornings,

S ervice beginning at ELEVEN O 'OLOCK.

Ma rch 2S.-BERBERT BURROWS- "B.V." and " The City of Dread ful Night. "

Anthems {I. DI\rk t.be faith (No. 209) ... ... ... .. . 2. I sleop inle a dal'k tremcndous sca (No. 212) .. .

Hymns {No. 9(;' Honour toO hIm who freely gives. No. 120. Tbere arc moments when life's shodows.

. .. Flower

...De 1..aclI

April 2.-JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A.- Olive Schreiner 's " Woman a nd Labour." Anthem. {1. Ah, how skilful grows the hand (No. 108)... ...

2. The fut.ure hides In tt gladncss and .orrow (No. 218) fiymn. {NO. 49. Llvo for "ometh ing; he not idle.

No. 50. Work I it is thy hIghest mls.ion.

April 9,-LAURENCE HOUBMAN- What is Womanly? A th {1. Yet wIll I 1I0t rcst ... ... .. .

n ems 2. Hn.st thou wandered in the forest

llymui {No. 93. All bcfore us lies the way. No. Ill. Be perfect now and here.

Barnett ... TroUB8elL

Scltlllnann Oowen

April 16.-JOSEPH H. WICK5TEED, M.A.-WUliam Blake, Visiona ry and Humanist.

Anthem. {1. I slept and dreameJ (No. 289) .. . 2. A spirit song.. . ... ... .. .

Hymns {No. 112. A d,-eamc,' drop]X'c1 a random th01lght. No. 67. All grows, says Doubt. nil falls, decays, and dies.

Ap r il 23. - JOSEPH McCABE- The R evival of Nietzsche.

AnLboms {I. Belshazz.r ... ... ... ... ... 2. My heart Is weary waiting fol' the May

llymns {No. 6. Why should dreams so dllrk ann do·enrl'. No. 114. Wbat might he dOlle if men were wise.

April SO.-JOHN M . ROBERTSON, M.P. - Mill and Carly le.

De Lacy Halldn

Schummm, ... llites

Anthems {I. Rise, fo r Lhe day is passing (No. (8) ... AdrlisOIl 2. Now arlseth the SUII of liberty... Mo:art

{No. 237. So here bath becn dawning

llymlls No. 61. Do not crouch to·day. and worship.

Visit07's a7'l3 invited to obtain information ,'eganlting the Society in the Library on Sunday mornings.

A Collection is made at the close of each Service to enable visitors to contribute to the expenses of the Society.

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Sunday School. TbG Children meet "t Armficld's Hotel, opposite the OH.\PEL, cver;r Sund"y ]I[Grnin((,

nt 11, and their Jcsson is given durjng the discourse. :hlrmbcrs nncl fr1t.ll1cls wisl1ing their "hildren to "Hend s(·hool art' requester! to communiente with the S,·cretory.

The Children's Lihrnry, in the cIa-ss-room over the Vestry, is open every Sunday Morn· illg before and oftcr t.he ser"ice.

April 2.·- Mr. F. J. Gould. April 9,- Mr. W. Varian. April I6. - No Meeting. April 23.- Miss J. Arklay. April 30.-Mrs. Lister.

11 L 'b . r Miss GJlACI; COW1NG. on. l rarlaH t; 1 Miss ::;. \\'Arrs.

Visitors bringing children to t.he • undol' Morning services ore cordially invited t.G all ow them to nttend the Children's lessGn.

CyoliRts dnsid,," to nUclld the Serriee" are informed that the Committee have malic arrOll!lemellts for hou~i"(J their 111oell;,,08 in tllo bllH('ment.

The Building is to be let for Ilieetings, etc. Forms of Application may be had of the Caretaker1 11 South Place, E.C.; and when filled up should be sent to Mr. N. Lidstone, ~6 Blaekstoek Road, Finsbury Park, N.

The Chapel is licensed for Marriages. Arrangements can be made for the conduct of Funeral Services on application

to the Seoretary. Lending Library.

Th. Lending Library is open free to ~elllbers of the Sooiety and Season Ticket Hol<lers on Sund ay mornings befor" und nfter the Services. Associntes nnd Non·Memhers of thG Hooiety mny under "ertain condition. lJe grant.ed thc use of t he Lihrary upon pnymcnt of a. suhscription of 28. Gel. per annum . 'l'he Ontnlog'lIc, including n. supplement for 1!J05·7, It! now on 6ol~, price Gd ., lDtl'ri(':lvccl copies, Vel. Burrowers mny procure co pi cs of t he new supplemrnt gmtis on npjlliClltion. Subscrijltions (oll"llrd. (ilo l'urcilase nnd repllir of hook. ure iuvi Lcd .

. . ' \ :10116. MII'Y ]l\\Vf,INOS, 40G, Muro Street, Uacknry, ' .E. lion. LllJ1anaw~) \\"tU.r.l!3 .M_\N~rOll)). Cherry 'J' l" oo Oourt, 5J) ~\Ldcrsgo.tc Street, E.C.

Rambles. April S.-College Farm, Finchley (Express Dairy Co., Ltd.). i\1.Qct at Golrler'~ Green

'1'lIbo Station, :1 p .m. 'ren at the Farm. April 22. - Hi1\h Barnet, South Mimms, and Hatfleld. Conductc,\ hy Mr. E. S. ]{nw.

'l'rrLin leaves Kjng' s Crostl (l\i('t.) 2.2:1 p.m. ]1'insbl1T,V Park 2.34 p.ll1., to High Bnruct. 'Den, at " The ,roodrunn,d " Tn t 'f End. lletnrn rnre, Is. 5<1 Tickets from Conductor il.t King's Oross (Met.), or from 1I1is. FAlRDALL, at Finsbury Park.

April 29.- Rounders Match at Parliament Hill Fields. Oonducted hy Mr. A. J. UL£.IEl<"·S. lIf('rt outsid .. Gospel Oak Station "t2.45 p.m. E,pr~ss from :n"ond Strcet2.25 p.lll.

CGurse Tickets for the 'cason (2s. Gd. each). cnn be obtained from t ho 11011 S 'CB {H};LEN M. li'AInnALL, 8, 'cD.rhornugh llolld, St roud Greell, N.

. o. "ETtNE';T:-;. KINO, 20, 11ndipole ]l oad, ]o'1lIhullI, S.W.

25th 1\nnual Eastel· eo.operative Holiday in the Isle of Wight. Thursday, April 13, to Tllr.dny .. \pril 18. .~lJ ]lnmhlers nnd frie lld. inten<ling to join

this holiday I\ro rflqucsh'u to ~cnd their names in wJ"itiny to 111". and 1\-1 1"0. A. J. U1.}~r..tENTH, 25. Canull.'n llotHl ~ ,,' ., illllll(dillt.cly. Names will not bo I'f'ocivt!d after Saudny, Apr1l2.wuen a meeting (including It'u) "ill be held at Routh 1'Iae,' In>titlltr ut J p.m., which all arc t xpcrtpd to att{'ud, ::l1ld when Ilrrnnt;'cl1Icnts will he mad n and deposits of ~G8. rQ(·chOO. This sum is estimnted to CO VC' f thco C'X})(, llS(}S of the h oliday on t lw I~lnnd. Non·Hn mbl (>l's will h~ (·hurg.('() tho ~s. Od. foJ' courb-{' tirkt't, which must I" SO h(' pnid in odvnnct'. Ai 1'. ~. }'.

Ennn'\GTON, 2'2, GIl,~co~\'n(' Road, Houth Hnc\.;nC'y, :;'; .l~ .. will bf' rr1'('I\~'u rC'r. ?tfl'lIlhers nf thr pony £110 111 <1 tnke w(>l'k·('nd ti('k~t, 11::1., to nydc.-' l!:sJ>lnnuch~ (avniln,blr

rl'hursdn;v to rl'lIf'sdny). Thp " l'cHef" trllin in whit'h n.cCOllltnOdlli ion IS l'('sl'l'v('d j rav('s J.ondnn Brillg'<' (). B . ,,,- R.C.n.) :It 1.48 p.m. Rn 'i'liuroduy, \pril 1:1. illomhor8 Ilr(' "dvis",1 to n l'l'iYl' at tlll'-btntillll hyLJO p.m. TI ('tllrn honts fro lll n yrlf' P i('r J1rad on rrupsrilll. ~\pril 18. lit 8 !I.1Il llnd ·t 5 p.ll!. Rt'ndqunrb.'rs, % l[rs. BA It. IU:TT , 2, Marine 'I\'lTnc<.', CUBt'lc :-;tl·eet., Hydo, Isle of Wig hl.

Ramblers' Oances. '1'0 terminate tho ROll60 n It Special Dance "ill ha given ut the New Hall, Uripplt'g-ntc

Institute, Goldon LUll!>, near Aldcrsgllt<> Street Stutiun, on Saturday. April 1,1011, at 7 1'.<11. 'l'ickets, as. 6d. eacll , to be hnd from 111embers of the Dunce Committee, or tha

110n Sec., }"LOn. .. ·NOtl l .. IDS'rONE.

Reading elass for the Study or Rationalism and Ethics. Conducted by Miss E. Il,OIlERTA 11',:£8.

This OJI],6S will m<,et on 'J'uesdllY evenings, .\]1l'il 4 Md 11, !1t i.30 Jl.I11. Full particu. lars Jl1n~· be obbtincd in the Library on Sunday mornings, or on npplirntion to

Mt"" R,'r8, 53, Lcwisham Park, S.E. Monthly Soiree •

. \1 the Soiree on Atonduy, .\pr il 3. a 'eries of Morris Dances will be urrangcd by Miss MAUD BIRRALt·t'. a nd I], pnper on the .uhj,·et wi ll OC !'l'ud by !tIr. AmJlun E. FP-Nl·ON. l'iekets, Gd. eneh. '1'00 ond coffee, 7·10.30

Hon Secs. { :Mrs OVERY, lIfrs. OATRERAtL.

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Members' Meetings. The 'l'hird Meeting will be held on Mondny, .\pril 10, nt 7.30 p.m., when Mr. JUI.I.IN HON~Y

will rend", pnpcr elltitlNl The Oblects of the Society in Relation to the Trust Deed. '1'ho chuir Will be taken by Mr. 1'. },f. OY1:I!Y.

Sunday Popular eoncerts (ehamber Music). . 'I'he Two OOllcludlog Oone,'rt" of the T\\' ['X'I'Y·FIFTH"J>:ASO.'l will lake IJlac. on

March ~(-) nud April 2, for whirh the> following Hrrang<cm~llts hnvt' .bl'cn mlldr: March 2G: SPBOlAL OON t:U'I' OF MOIl\<,R.'I J3Hl'l'IHH on \AlBEit Ml"i'-H'.

In~trlllll('ntllli,:t,'i-'1'he Mchwillcr Quartet (Mess rs. Isidorc 8ohwillC'l', 'I'homlls ]')entfit'ld, ~;rnt'st Yongc. nnd JellD S(·hwiller). l'lnnn/or'r.Mr. Riehltrd n. Walthew; Voca/i./, Mr. ,T. Onmphell MeTnnes. 'rhe ProgrnmUle will include Edith Swep.tone's Lyric Oy('[o for Htring Quartet; ~"'rilikjn's l'inno Quintet in 0 minor, Op. 1 i W:.n lthcw's PilUlO Trio in (1 j Pr{'iudc9 b,v J'u;ul Carder to-r Pinna 8010; nnd '1'wo Groups of Songs, to be SUIlg'

by ~Ir. J. e.ulIpb,·1I Mclllnrs. "I pril ~: LAST ()f)NOER'1' OP 'rng Sf;.1 SOX. IJlRtrlllllcllialist •. -l"t 1'io/ill.

1fr. John SnUl!df'TS; 2,,([ Violin, :Mr. Chnl'll's ,roadhouse: 1'io1a. 'AIr. }Jrnest Yong-{'; Violoncello, Mr. J. Pretn'£>n~rs j Double IJa;.t~, 1tlr. Ot"orge Yates; 01arin('t, l\I~. Oharles Droper; BaxRoo". Mr. E. 1<'. Jnme.; Hom, 1111' . . 1. Borsd6rf; VocaliRt, Miss MOrle Brcmn. ~rhe l'lrogrnrnmc will illl'!udc S<-hubcrt's Octet for String's tlnd " rind, ond Erncst 'Yolk r'8 Quint-ct for Horn ancl String's; olso SonA's to l:~ snng b;. ~1iss Mol'i£> B I'elll 11.

Doors ol",n ot G.30. OOIlC<'rts fit 7. .I(\mission .r,'rec with Silver Collection. Trnnsfcruble Ticket, 28. 6d., u.undtting- to the llcscTv('d )4('uts "every .f"IundHY to April 2 indusive.

Mr. Hichard H. Wolthew's Three Lrclu!'"s on The Devclopmmt of Ohamber Musie ore published ot the price of Sixpence net, complete.

lIon. Treas.-PRANK l.. H.,wKINS. 13. Thurlow Pork Rond. Dulwich, S.E. 11011. Scc.-"umm J. OLElIENTS, 25. Oamelen Rond. N.W.

erchestra. Conductor: Richard H. Walthew.

Thr IrOUlrl'.I.;B~TH SR~\HON is now in prop-n'ss, and pructic('s nrC1 held on FriduJ8 from 7 to !) p.m . until April 7 inC'lnsivl'. It il'l with 1I\11('h sut-it'fuctinn thnt tilt' ommittrc llrl' cun.l.lrd to ullnonnct' thot ~lr. RI C'II\IID H. "\I.'I'IIJ-"\ IIns l'OllBf'ntf'd to rr'tnin tht' 1)()8itioll of Ocmdtlctor. 'uhseription for the Half 8t'1I80n, 108. Hd. J"or furthrf lHU'tiru ura &co l'rospl·cttts .

.;.\n OnrHBRTJL\ I~ co);"eJ~nrl' will be given on Sundav (',,(ning', AlJriL 9. 'l'hc Pro­grunwll' will inC'ludl' 11 :Isdn's .. :\f il it.nry" RYlHphony, Rpohl,r S l' .1 ('>ssondu. ' O\'C'l'tutt', Edith :-·h .... cpstone's .. \roods in .\pril ," Uudp's CnIlriC'('io nnd ll. \VnJdo "'urncl"s UOmnnCl\ uncI Uonrlo tor Violin uncI Orch('strn, Moznrt.'s Conc(,l'tu in ...l for PinnofC1rte nnd Orrht"strn, etc . ."{% Violin, \Jr. ,lohn Haunders; Solo p;(lIl%rt(' nncI Comlllrtor. Mr. Hichnrd lI. 'Vulthew.

])oors opt .. n nt r..!JfJ. ConN'rt nt 7. .Idllli •• ion Free with Hih'er Collt·ction. Lndil's and gentlemen wishing tu join the Ol'chrstrn. arc r~q ll e8t('d to cOlllllluuicutc

with the lIOII, Sl·C., . .:\. J. CLt:lU:NTH, 25, COlllden ltond, N.'V. 'rile GENlmAI. COanll1'TJ:E will mrct on 'rhurEdny, .\ pril G. COTre-spondcncc den ling with

mn.tters for conside rati on should bo forward,'d to ].'. W. J1cnd o.t the enrliest possiblo moment. All mntt,'rs rclating to finOlll.~' should he neldress('d to the TrCIIsurer.

'l'h,' IXNUAI, Il,WrING of tile mem!.ers of the HOll!h Plocr Ethielll Hocie!" will be h 1<1 in the Ohopel on '"n(\t1\', Mny 11. nl i 1'.111. .111 nominntions of Illt'mbers to serve on the COU1mitt~· or ns AudItors must hl' in till' hunds of the fkcrl"tarirs not Inter t1IUll SunnilY, ~\pril 3(1. ~OIninntiou fo rm s ('nn bl' (lht:lilH'd iu the ]~ibl'nry on :;undny morn· ing's, or will he forwnrtled on npplicntitln to F. \I'. HelD.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. SEAT RENTS.

THE Committee wish to remind members that the hnancial year nds on March 3 r, and to facilitate the preparation of the

ba] ance-sheet it is desirable that all seat rents for the current y ar should be paid before that date.

LE TDING LIBRARY WHIST DRIVE. A VERY successful Whist Drive was held in aid of the Lending Library Funds on Thursday evening, February 23. During the interval Mr. Wall is M ansford gave a short account of the Library, an d expressed the general appreciation felt at the presence of Mr. Burrows and Mr. McCabe that evening and their joining in the social life of the Society. Our lecturers cordially responded. The Lending Library Committee desire y ry heartily to thank those friends who presented the prizes, ontributed refreshments, lent tables, etc., or in any way

assisted with the work of the Whist Drive. Mr. Overy made an

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excellent U.c., and all members and friends seemed delighted with the social success of the evening

The sum of £6 I9s. 6d. was realised for the Library Funds! and the Librarians have already purchased a number of books, details of which will be announced in a future Monthly List.

MRS. FLETCHER SMITH'S SEVE TIETH BIRTHDAY.

AN interesting social gathering to . celebrate the 70th birthday of Mrs. C. Fletcher Smith was held on Monday evening, March I3 .

Mr. Rawlings presided, and il'l. opening the proceedings, said that they were there for two main purposes: first, to com­memorate Mrs. Fletcher Smith's seventieth birthday, and secondly, to pay Mrs. Smith some honoLlr, to recognise in some way the long period of work she had put in for the South Place Society, and to express admiration and thanks for that work. They wished h~r many happy returns of the day, and many years of health aud happiness and strength to carry on the work which she had so ably done in the past. It was almost thirty years ago since he nrst knew Mrs. Smith, and it was a great delight to receive her and her mother, Mrs. Fletcher, at his house. Many were old at sixty, but Mrs. Smith was young at seventy. For thirty years she had erved the Society as ::,ecrctary. They had passed through troublous times during those thirty years, and Mrs. Smith's kindly geniality and tact had carried them through. The speaker concluded by referring to the help and sympathy which 1\1rs. Smith was always ready to give when trouble had fallen upon allY of the members.

Mr. J oh11 M. Robertson, M.P., said that when he nrst came on the scene Mrs. Smith was in charge, and she seemed to do cyerything with perfect ease. lIe found that all the others relied on her and felt that If she had a task in hand it was always certain to 1 e performed.

I\Ir. Herbert Burrows said that from the first day that he was happy enough to mal e Mrs. SmIth's acquaintance down to that evcuing he had realised that if one wantcd kindness, real affectiutl, and real help in ont:'5 work, one had only to come to the secretary of that Society. He \vas sometimes dissatisfied with ltimsel f after lecturing thcre on :-'unday morning, but when he got down to the end of thc hall and saw Mrs. Smith's kindly ;;mile he felt that he was not perhaps such a failure as he had thought.

M iss Raw lings spoke of Mrs. Smith ' s work for sex equality as a member of the Female Medical Society, which she joined so long aso as 1864. Mrs. Smith was entitled to their gratitude and thanks for the way in which she had helped the Society by Iter tactful sympathy and ready response to whatever needs had arisen.

Mr. D. Christie Tail joined in the congratulations on behalf of those who had recently been called "the rebellious youngsters. "

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At Lhis point a number of bouquets were presented to Mrs. Smith by the children of members.

Mr. Rawlings then read an address, which he presented Lo Mrs. Smith, together WILh an exccllent/ortrait Ca duplicate of which is to be hung in the Chapel) an a set of Robert Louis Stevens\.)fi's works.

Mrs. Smith, in the course of her reply, said that she had had a very llice time and had been occupied in doing agreeable work. She was especially glad to bear the words from the young people. She would go on trying to deserve the immense amount of kindness she had received all these years.

An exceedingly pretty exhjbltion of Old English dancing was then given, and Mrs. Theodore Wright contributed a recitation.

THE COXWAY MEMORIAL LECT RE.

Tn;: second Conway Memorial Lecture, "Peace and \Var in the Balance," delivered on March 17 by Mr. ~evinson, was a worthy successor to tbe first, and those who were privileged to bear it will doubtless be amongst it first purcbasers when published, so full of solid matter was it, and also so little likely to become antiquated and out of date.

After some very appropriate remarks by Mr. J. A. Ilobson, M.A., Chair­man, Mr. ~evinson, having explained that he at first declined the invitation of the Committee on the ground that a war correspondent lecturing on peace was something like a butcher preaching vegetarianism, commenced his lecture by dealing with the position taken up on tbis question by Dr. Conway, so far as he could gatber it from his writings, coming to the conclusion that he was not a "peace at any price" man. It was pretty plain, however, before Mr. Kevinson had finished that he at any rate was a thoroughgoing advocate of peace, even at tbe cost of war if necessary; though his hope was that in the not very distant future hostilities would take the form either of civil war for some great principle, or on behalf of small or weak nationalities strug­gling against their oppressor. . Reference was made to Norman Angell's little book, The Great Illusioll, as a very useful contribution to the cause of peace, but it was pointed out that the author, while pro\'ing that no natioll could gain anything by war, even if victorious, had omitted to notice that certain individuals and classes in both the conquering and defeated nations stood to gain enormously, and unfortunately they were the very people who decided on war. The lecturer's satirical comments on the brave men who sat in their easy chairs and courageously sent other people to wounds and death on their behalf, and the great concern which so many of them displayed lest the men and women of England who risked life and limb in mines, factories, and garrets should become effeminate and useless by a long­continued peace seemed to be greatly appreciated.

At the conclusion Mr. Rawlings made an appeal for further contributions, which are much needed, to the "1 emorial Fund; and a hearty ,'ate of thanks to 1\Ir. .-evinson, propo~ed by 'ir F. Brabrooke and seconded by Dr. Delve, was carried with great enthusiasm.

lIlEREDITH'S \,IE\YS OX WOMAN: SELECTED FR()~I A BALLAD AND A NOVEL.

M;:U:DlTn was qualified in a triple degree to consider the needs and aspira­tions of wome:n-by his temperament, with its far· reaching sympathies, which eminently fitted him ffJr appreciating the justice of their cause; by his life­long study of the problem; and by his own varied experiences.

This combination of nature and circumstances made him a champion of woman's cause. E"en by a cursory perusal of his writings, it is possible to obtain very clear indications of his mature judgment on this pressing problem.

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Meredith had a profound knowledge of Nature, and it was his right readin g of ber that helped him to understand the feminine character so well . " 'Vomen are in and of i\ature," he makes one of his characters say; and again, "the abusing of woman means tbe hating of Nature. Men hating Nature are insane. Women and Nature are close. If it i s rather general to hate Nature and maltreat women, we begin to see why the world is a mad world."

Of the reform for which 300,000 electors are now asking, Meredith said: " I hold that in spite of much to be said in opposition, the exercise of the vote will gradually enlarge the scope of women's minds. Men who would confine them to the domestic circle are constantly complaining of their narrowness. "Vomen bave to contend with illogical creatures."

It is this enlargement of the scope of women's minds that Meredith advocates so warmly. To Lord Jeffrey's remark that " there's no objection to the blue stocking provided the petticoat comes low enough down," he would probably have replied that the charm of the petticoat is enhanced by the blue of the stocking.

It is not only the tyranny of the " mastering male" that bids man confine woman to the domestic circle; it is also the known, but unacknowledged, fear, the fear of Cato, that the moment woman is man's equal she will prove his superior. Thus the sneers of men" are weakness veiling rage."

Man's argument that woman in demanding her rights loses her privileges is ably answered by the leader of the Fair Ladies in Revolt, who to the statement that

replies :

" . . . . . . your cause, Whetting its edge to cut the race in two, Is felony: you forfeit the bright lyre, Much honour and much glory you! "

cc Sir, was it glory, was it honour, pride, And not as cat and erpent and poor slave, Wherewith w~ walked in union by your side?"

To the further argument that the cause is weak because its followers " are few, scattered, ill-counselled, blinded," comes the answer:

" V,re may be blind to men, sir: we embrace A future now beyond the fowler's nets. Though few, we hold a promise for the race That was not at our rising: you are free To win brave mates; you lose but marionettes.

He who's for us, for him are we."

The assertion that the rough, vile ways of life are happily unknown to women is met by the solemn reply: " ' ;Ve hear women's shrieks on them"; and the sum of her search is contained in her gentle plea: "Sir, get you something of our purity, and we will of your strength."

For thoughts on the happy mating of men and women we turn to another work. "\Vill the young men of our time not learn that life is no longer a game when they have a woman for partner in the match?" queried " a right-minded great lady" in The Amasing Ma.·riage, that novel of Meredith's later life, where most of his mellowed musings on woman are to be found. The hero was a wealthy young nobleman, of wayward and impetuous mood, who had never been thwarted in his search for the rare and unusual.

It is not necessary to follow the fortunes of Carinthia Jane, the high­spirited mountain-girl, and the whimsical young Crresus, who, after the most informal of weddings, abandons her before the day is over and continues to ignore her right to a happy wedded existence; until at last he recognises that it was a priceless jewel he had flung away.

More to our purpose is the extraction of some of those pithy sayings lU

which this remarkable book abounds. Lord Fleetwood's conduct produced the following: "Half of our funny heathen lives we are bent double to gather things we have tossed away"; and " There's not an act of a man's life lies dead behind him, but it is blessing or cursing him every step he takes. "

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Meredith was a firm believer in the rational training of girls and boys in a wholesome knowledge of each other, whereby mutual respect is engendered. The unnatural was to him the unhealthy. It is the narrow view and limited knowledge of each other previous to marriage that causes so much unhappi­ness, especially amongst youths and maidens of the upper middle class, where intercourse is restrained and choice limited. Perfect mating ensures perfect fidelity, and to obtain this there must be in men and women something higher than physical love. " The rarest thing men teach women to feel for them is respect." On the other hand, they do not seek for it in women.

" Young men do so love the feminine, the ultra-feminine, whom they hate for her inclination to the frail," says our moralist. Men have encouraged in women those arts and qualities which they consider most conducive to their own happiness: flattery, triviality, clinging dependence, unthinking obedience, and blind homage. And what men desire women cultivate.

Meredith's plea is for something hig'her: mutual respect, and soul, that " flower of evolution, reached only through the senses and the intellect."

,. he might be a creature with a ~oul," mused Lord Fleetwood. " Here and there the thing has been . founel in woman. It is priceless when found .... " 'When fighting against his inclination to go to hi s wife, thi s , will 0' the wi p' of a husband is constrained to acknowledge the attraction of her character-CC soul, some call it: generally a thing rather distasteful in women, or chilling to the masculine temperament."

Of respect, that other quality to be cultivated, Meredith has much to say, and he says it finely .

"Respect seems a coolish form of tribute from a man who admires. He had to say that he did not vastly respect beautiful women. Have they all the poetry? Know them well and where is jt?

"The pupil of Gower vVoodseer asked himself to specify the poetry of woman. She is weak and inferior, but she has it; civilised men acknow­ledge it, and it is independent, or maybe beside her gift of beauty. he has more of it than we have. Then name it.

"Well, the flowers of the field are frail things. Pluck one, and you have in your hand the frailest of things. But reach through the harm of colour, and the tale of its beneficence in frailty to the poetry of the flower, and secret of the myriad stars will faH to tell you more than does that poetry of your little flower. . . ..

"Well, then, much so with the flowers of the two hands and feet. We do homage to those ungathered, and reserve our supremacy; the gathered, no longer courted, are the test of men . When the embraced woman breathes respect into us, she wings a beast. We have from her the poetry of the tasted life; excelling any garden-gate or threshold lyrics called forth by purest early bloom ... . . She brings us to the union of body and soul; as good as to say, earth and heaven . Secret of all human aspirations, the ripeness of the creeds, is there; and the passion for the woman desi red has no poetry equalling that of the embraced respected woman."

But as " no living happiness can be for the unclean," purification must be sought through penance. " The penitential act means youth put behind us and a steady course ahead. But, for the keeping of a steady course men made of blood in the walks of the world must be steadied. ay it plainly­mated. There is the humiliating point of our human condition. V'le must have beside us, and close beside us, the woman we have learned to respect, supposing ourselves lucky enough to have found her ;-' tbat required other scale of the human balance,' as \Yoodseer calls her, now he has got her, wiser than Lord Feltre in reference to men and women. \Ve get no balance without her. That is apparently the positive law; and by reason of men's wretched enslavement it is the dance to dissolution when we have not honourable union with women. Feltre's view of women sees the devilish or the angelical; and to most men women are knaves or ninnies. Hence do we behold rascals or imbeciles in the offspring of most men."

Lord Fleetwood's repentance was deep and sincere, but it came too late: "his wife was lost to him .. . .. This martial Janey wa , after all, a woman of feeling, one whom her husband, if he came to know it, and the depth of it, and the rich sound of it, would mourn in sackcloth to have lost. And he did." G. WILD.

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