e into fuller consideration. The success of the
present reform would give an entirely new problem to political
and social philosophers! At present we endeavor to hold ourselves
in a candid suspense.

Judging Dr. Bellows by the above editorial, he had made some progress
in one year. A former article from his pen called out the following
criticism from Mrs. Rose:

After last year's Woman's Convention, I saw an article in the
_Christian Inquirer_, a Unitarian paper, edited by the Rev. Mr.
Bellows, of New York, where, in reply to a correspondent on the
subject of Woman's Rights, in which he strenuously opposed her
taking part in anything in public, he said: "Place woman
unbonneted and unshawled before the public gaze and what becomes
of her modesty and her virtue?" In his benighted mind, the
modesty and virtue of woman is of so fragile a nature, that when
it is in contact with the atmosphere, it evaporates like
chloroform. But I refrain to comment on such a sentiment. It
carries with it its own deep condemnation. When I read the
article, I earnestly wished I had the ladies of the writer's
congregation before me, to see whether they could realize the
estimation their pastor held them in. Yet I hardly know which
sentiment was strongest in me, contempt for such foolish
opinions, or pity for a man that has so degrading an opinion of
woman--of the being that gave him life, that sustained his
helpless infancy with her ever-watchful care, and laid the very
foundation for the little mind he may possess--of the being he
took to his bosom as the partner of his joys and sorrows--the one
whom, when he strove to win her affection, he courted, as all
such men court woman, like some divinity. Such a man deserves our
pity; for I can not realize that a man purposely and willfully
degrades his mother, sister, wife, and daughter. No! my better
nature, my best knowledge and conviction forbid me to believe it.

THE UNA.

In February, 1853, Paulina Wright Davis started a woman's paper called
_The Una_, published in Providence, Rhode Island, with the following
prospectus:

Usage makes it necessary to present our readers with a prospectus
setting forth our aims and objects. Our plan is to publish a
paper monthly, devoted to the interests of woman. Our purpose is
to speak clear, ear