The century illustrated monthly magazine . 30 TWO VIEWS OF MARIE BASHKIRTSEFF. 31 is the life of a woman, day by day, withoutveil and without affectation; it is very inter-esting, merely as human statistics: ask , and even M. de Goncourt or Maupas-sant. It is unusual and it is interesting; but itcan hardly be instructive as human statistics,in the sense in which Marie uses the interests women more than men: men donot like to see the machinery by which theyare to be captivated; and with all her analy-sis and her powers of charming, she seems notto have possessed that mysterious po
The century illustrated monthly magazine . 30 TWO VIEWS OF MARIE BASHKIRTSEFF. 31 is the life of a woman, day by day, withoutveil and without affectation; it is very inter-esting, merely as human statistics: ask , and even M. de Goncourt or Maupas-sant. It is unusual and it is interesting; but itcan hardly be instructive as human statistics,in the sense in which Marie uses the interests women more than men: men donot like to see the machinery by which theyare to be captivated; and with all her analy-sis and her powers of charming, she seems notto have possessed that mysterious power, theeternal femininity of Goethe, which drawsus onward. Her admirers do not seem tohave been lovers. In Paris and London groupsof scientific people, especially those affili-ated with the French naturalists of to-day,have thought it useful to write out their expe-riences, telling everything, as they understandeverything,— that is, everything that shouldnot be told,— to be read after death; or, if itmakes a salable book, to be broug
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