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magazine [2020/05/13 22:05] – [Number IV (September 1866)] judithmagazine [2022/06/12 21:26] (current) – [New Series No. I May 1867] judith
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   *  TLM-P had traditional views on women, but this issue reveals that, while the gender divisions are clear, his daughters were independently minded to an unusual degree. In one story the hero marries another; he is duly unhappy and his wife leaves him. Traditionally, the heroine dies of a broken heart or eventually marries her love, but not this one! Instead the hero dies leaving all he possesses to the heroine 'thus rendering me independent for life'! The sign-off is equally subversive: the writer hopes the reader has enjoyed the story although it has been written by "An Old Maid".\\   *  TLM-P had traditional views on women, but this issue reveals that, while the gender divisions are clear, his daughters were independently minded to an unusual degree. In one story the hero marries another; he is duly unhappy and his wife leaves him. Traditionally, the heroine dies of a broken heart or eventually marries her love, but not this one! Instead the hero dies leaving all he possesses to the heroine 'thus rendering me independent for life'! The sign-off is equally subversive: the writer hopes the reader has enjoyed the story although it has been written by "An Old Maid".\\
-  * Essays and poems about celebrated women and men such as [[wp>Joan_of_Arc|Joan of Arc]], [[https://www.notablebiographies.com/Ma-Mo/Medici-Catherine-de.html|Catherine de Medici]] and [[wp>Cardinal_Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]], many signed 'M.M.P.' That 'M.M.P.' was Matilda as is evident in one of the other poems signed 'M.M.P.' commending good behaviour by Lizzie and Redmond. The poem is entitled 'Lizzie's dolls' and not the most tactfulit ends with\\+  * Essays and poems about celebrated women and men such as [[wp>Joan_of_Arc|Joan of Arc]], [[wp>Catherine_de%27_Medici|Catherine de Medici]] and [[wp>Cardinal_Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]], many signed 'M.M.P.' That 'M.M.P.' was Matilda as is evident in one of the other poems signed 'M.M.P.' commending good behaviour by Lizzie and Redmond. The poem is entitled 'Lizzie's dolls' and not the most tactful how it ends.\\ 
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 +Lizzie had four little dolls she loves so well\\ 
 +Edith and Amy, Jessie and Bell\\ 
 +They have four little servants their errands to go\\ 
 +Thomas and Matthew, William and Joe\\ 
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 +A coach they have got with harness so neat\\ 
 +Fine horses and livery all complete\\ 
 +Saddles they have too, and habits so gay\\ 
 +No ladies in town so fine as they\\ 
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 +She has made them gay dresses with trimmings of green\\ 
 +and bonnets and mantles fit for a queen\\ 
 +Such stylish young ladies you never would meet\\ 
 +As her four little dolls when drest for the street\\ 
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 +A house they have got with mirrors so fine\\ 
 +And curtains and carpets quite divine\\ 
 +They've a tea service too, of crimson and white \\ 
 +And their friends to drink tea they often invite\\ 
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 +She has a dear little brother who helps her to play\\ 
 +With her four little dolls on a rainy day\\ 
 +Some time he happens to pull out an eye\\ 
 +But he gives her his pence another to buy\\ 
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 Lizzie and Reddy are good children ever\\ Lizzie and Reddy are good children ever\\
 Though not very bright, nor yet very clever\\ Though not very bright, nor yet very clever\\
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 You may take pleasure in sailing\\ You may take pleasure in sailing\\
 A horse for me with a pace like the wind\\ A horse for me with a pace like the wind\\
-That leaves all my rivals far behind ...\\+That leaves all 
 + my rivals far behind ...\\
    
  
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 The poignancy of that sentiment is enforced by a poem Matilda contributed, to her eldest daughter (Rosa) on her 16th birthday. It ended, 'But ne'er shall fonder heart caress thee/ Than hers who now bids God to bless thee.'((Roderick, //In Mortal Bondage//, p.46.))\\ The poignancy of that sentiment is enforced by a poem Matilda contributed, to her eldest daughter (Rosa) on her 16th birthday. It ended, 'But ne'er shall fonder heart caress thee/ Than hers who now bids God to bless thee.'((Roderick, //In Mortal Bondage//, p.46.))\\
  
-Source: Praed papers, QJO Library, ... Box 3. **Need to check as going on old notes.**+Source: Praed papers, JOLQ, ... Box 3. **Need to check as going on old notes.**
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