NOTABLE WOMEN IN HISTORY.
Notable Women in History. By Willis J. Abbot. (Greening and Co. 16s. net.)—Mr. Abbot thinks that no one can read his sketches of seventy famous women without " appreciating some of the heights to which the feminine mind is capable of rising and the infinite variety of its flights." The author frankly expresses his complete sympathy with the women who are " striving for equality of opportunity and equal rewards for like service for both the sexes." Whilst disclaiming any propagandist intention, he evidently hopes that the contem- plation of his gallery of notable women may do some service to the feminist cause. His book is " the answer given by the world's history for two thousand years to the suggestion that woman is not fitted to play a part in its affairs." We are not at all sure that the leaders of the feminist movement will thank him for an answer which seems to place Agrippina and Madame dn Barry on the same footing as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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