WHAT IS UNWOMANLY P !To THE EDITOR Ow THE "
SPECTATOR:1 .81E,—Please kindly permit me to exculpate myself from the imputation that the little essay, "What is Unwomanly P" which I recently sent to W oman," was written for the express purpose of pleasing men,"—nothing being further from my .thoughts. The essays were limited to one hundred words, and were to follow the lines of Woman's motto, "Forward, but not too fast." My sole object, therefore, was to deprecate all self-laudation and noisy clamour for our "Rights" as unwomanly. "To advance by mine and countermine" was, I now find, an incorrect phrase, as the besiegers mine, and the besieged countermine ; but by it I meant nothing underhand or mean, simply that by unobtrusive determination and gentle insistence, we should undermine the rocks of adverse opinion and narrow judgment, and reach our goal,—i.e, liberty to cultivate and use as freely as men do, whatever talents have been intrusted to our charge. A dear old donkey I know learns to open every gate on his estate; while his companion, a "war-horse," with snorting nostrils and clattering hoofs, blindly and vainly seeks an exit. To "touch pitch" I con- sider unwomanly when it is unnecessary. I honour all our quiet, earnest pioneers,—the real martyrs of this age. By being only unwomanly when she forgets to set herself to man, &c.," I meant that each sex ought to bring out the best eitialities in the other, sustaining and interpreting the music of life, as the instrumental accompaniment brings out the beauty of "noble words."—I am, Sir, &c., A. M. WOOD. . 9 Edinburgh Mansions, Victoria Street, S. W., Nov. 26th.
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