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Show Heroines, Old and New. Most modern horolnes nro married womon, whereas tho nlco ones in Shakcspearo and In novels beforo 1890 woro almost always unwedded maids. You like Dcatrlco and Portia Por-tia and, nbovo all things, Rosalind. You do not lose your heart to Lady Macbeth (though a flno figure ot a woman) and you do not deslro to com-pcto com-pcto with Othello In the affections of Desdemonn. This may bo a too nlco morality, but to Victorian tastes oven widows, In novels nt least, como under tho ban of the elder Mr. Wei-ler. Wei-ler. Nobody but Col. Esmond ever eared for Lady Castlewood and Dobbin Dob-bin Is nlono in his passion for Amelia. London Post. |