me it was enough. Trammeled as
women have been by might and custom, there are still many shining
examples, which serve as beacon lights to show what may be
attained by genius, labor, energy, and perseverance combined.
"The longer I live in the world," says Goeethe, "the more I am
certain that the difference between the great and the
insignificant, is energy, invincible determination, an honest
purpose once fixed, and then victory."

Although so much has been said of woman's unfitness for public
life, it can be seen, from Semiramis to Victoria, that she has a
peculiar fitness for governing. In poetry, Sappho was honored
with the title of the Tenth Muse. Helena Lucretia Corano, in the
seventeenth century, was of such rare scientific attainments,
that the most illustrious persons in passing through Venice, were
more anxious to see her than all the curiosities of the city; she
was made a doctor, receiving the title of Unalterable. Mary
Cunity, of Silesia, in the sixteenth century, was one of the most
able astronomers of her time, forming astronomical tables that
acquired for her a great reputation, Anna Maria Schureman was a
sculptor, engraver, musician, and painter; she especially
excelled in miniature painting. Constantina Grierson, an Irish
girl, of humble parentage, was celebrated for her literary
acquirements, though dying at the early age of twenty-seven.

With the learning, energy, and perseverance of Lady Jane Grey,
Mary and Elizabeth, all are familiar. Mrs. Cowper was spoken of
by Montague as standing at the head of all that is called
learned, and that every critic veiled his bonnet at her superior
judgment. Joanna Baillie has been termed the woman Shakespeare.
Caroline Herschell shares the fame of her brother as an
astronomer. The greatest triumphs of the present age in the
drama, music, and literature have been achieved by women, among
whom may be mentioned, Charlotte Cushman, Jenny Lind, the Misses
Carey, Mrs. Stowe, and Margaret Fuller. Mrs. Somerville's renown
has long been spread over both continents as one of the first
mathematicians of the present age.

Self-reliance is one of the first lessons to be taught our
daughters; they should be educated with our sons, and equally
with them, taught to look forward to some independe