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278 The editor of the Boston Investigator prefaces one of her latest and best speeches on Woman's Rights with the following words:

“In Edinburgh (Scotland), on the evening of January 27, 1873, a large public meeting, in favor of Woman's Suffrage, was held. On the platform were a number of distinguished personages, ladies as well as gentlemen. The Lord Provost presided, and among the speakers — we don’t know but that we may say the speaker — was our worthy and able Liberal sister and correspondent, Mrs. ‘Ernestine L. Rose. Her speech on the occasion, as reported in the Edinburgh Daily Review, abounds with all the pleasant wit, strong argument, and conclusive seasoning, that have long rendered her one of the best female orators of the day.”

In her own person, as one of the most truly womanly, and yet as one who is well calculated to take an active part in all public matters, Mrs. Rose presents a