REVIEW.

White Ribbon, Volume 27, Issue 319, 18 January 1922, Page 8

REVIEW.

By C. Gasquoine Hartley (Mrs Walter Gallichan), authoi aiso of two books on Art, and several on Spain.

“THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN."

This book, with its bold and intriguing title, is a statement of the author’s faith in woman as the predominant and responsible partner in the relation of the sexes. She mrkes no claim to personal scientific Knowledge, and punctiliously acknowledges all her sources of help. The book is divided into three parts, the first biological, treating of the origin of the sexes; the second historical, dealing with the mother-age and woman’s position in the great civilisations of the past; and the third, which is the modern section. Anyone desirous of understanding something of the deeper causes underlying the feminist movement, and unable for any reason to peruse authorities such as Havelock Ellis, Iwan Block, Ellen Key, and others, from whose works Mrs Gallichan freely quotes, could not do better than read this book, which is always interesting, sometimes startling, and oft*n charming in the frank expression of its author’s firm belief in the high destiny of woman. The latttr part of the hook, which deals with the present-day aspects of th*‘ woman problem, could well be studied by all members of societies which from time to time discuss the various social problems exercising the mi nits of modern communities. The book throughout is eminently readable, never dull, full of sound common-sense, and * nding on a note of high hope and firm belief in women as the guardians of the race. Its value to the student is enhanced by the addition of a full Bibliography and a complete index, but “The Truth About Woman’’ is not a book for students only, but one

which every intelligent woman will find interesting, instructive, and inspiring.

This book i.s in the Dominion Library, and can be procured from the Librarian. Mrs T. A. H. Field, The Rocks. Port Nelson, on receipt of 8d for postage.