Note 2 — IX FRANCISCA JULIA

Mr. Havelock Ellis, with his customary lucidity and serenity, discusses The Mind of Woman (See The Philosophy of Conflict) in a manner to suggest fruitful pursuit of the problem that Verissimo poses. Had the Brazilian critic been more conversant with the newer poetry by women—I refer to increasing frankness rather than to increasing worth—he might have changed his mind as to the prohibitive influences of social custom. The next fifty years will probably witness some startling changes; among them some salutary ones.