upation wherein she
may labour for the nation's good, and use her influence, which they
acknowledge to be great, in those callings wherein she may most easily
benefit the State, and the country she so ardently loves?

At some future time I hope to speak more fully on this subject; and in
concluding this lecture, I will remark that English politics need a
leavening influence which will counteract the evil tendencies and
corrupt theories which, in spite of our advantageous social system, at
present exist; and this leavening influence will be best produced by
the admission of those into the counsels of the nation who are
acknowledged to have a benign and healthy influence--the women of
England. Let women have their proper share in the government of the
country, and I have no fear lest we shall preserve our elliptical
constitution, and all the advantages which we at present enjoy.

* * * * *

[Editorial Note.]--In the bundle of papers which contained the foregoing
lectures, some letters of great interest were found, which show that the
fame of the learned Lady Professor of Girtham College had already gone
abroad, and attracted the attention of the leading statesmen of the day.
It is to be regretted that the answers to these letters are not
forthcoming, as it might be proved from them that the science of
polemical mathematics has already influenced the minds of our
legislators in their conduct of affairs at home and abroad. The
following letter is of unique interest, and may be taken as evidence of
the favourable impression which this new science has made on the mind of
one of our greatest thinkers and statesmen:

Downing Street,
May, 18--

My dear Lady Professor,--The report of the amazing results of your
scientific researches has reached me, and I congratulate you most
heartily on the originality and acumen which you have displayed in your
investigations. A new light has dawned upon our country. Instead of
groping in the darkness of political warfare, ensnared by party ties and
jealousies, the statesmen of the future will be able to calculate and
determine the correct course with mathematical precision and perfect
accuracy. No one can dispute the truth of a proposition in Euclid, or
the genuineness of Newton's laws; and if your method enables men to
calculate and determine the correct political course of action, to solve
political proble