Beatrice Rosenthal

Quotations drawn from largely familiar authors, and compiled under 30 broad topics, without identifying the source (by book or page). ldiosyncratic selections, with no explanation or preface. Perhaps the female compilor thinks silence is polite.

Also, the splendid poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "Lifting and Leaning". She weens just those two kinds of people...Wilcox nails it!

Under the ultimate topic, "Woman", she quotes Proverbs, Ecclesiaticus, Koran, Shakespeare, as usual and among others, but especially consider: "What manly eloquence could produce such an effect as woman's silence. Jules Michelet". And the powerful refusal of Ingersoll to be a "boss" over others--all must be splendid enough to be free. Including, especially, "any woman of my heart".… (más)