Mrs. Annie Besant

There is perhaps no ruuoe amoiig he iutellectual women of ihe wovld so well kiiowu aa ÖMtt of Anule Fesant. For ni.iny years ílie was the ntimate frleud of tlKit riïat üero, .'luirles Btadlaugh, who ;Iril so mi'oJi for the libfi-atioii of toongat and speech iu Engl&na, especia tty ia rho (ics. His Iife-Iong bactla asairst ligotry and tnjustlee, his Saai victory is :i ragpeeted mcmber of ParliaiiioïH, ,i' well kiiowu, but Mrs B'ïsaut's work iu tlns eonnectio;i ;s not só irell lti'.awii as it deserves to ïmj. Sho i;:d to bear the brunt of the attle and a treroenáous amfeagonism, wnh-h vo:;]. havo crushed a. weakör wvj'i.ui. Mi-s. Besant first gained lanri's as an orator in the canse oí free ti.ongnt, in tlie eause of sociali.n. yjio not only wmi the adiniratiooi rijt alsi the leve of all those, whoso sutt'.M-iu.í s'u' was over ready to relieve. Her convei'sion to theosophy is one of the most initeresting ehaii5T8 of psychology: it shows thé Jov.il. p i.?nt 01' an imtensely religious aatuï oombiued with a po werf ui inteüii that does aot pause at auy diirieulrii.-s. ji-s. Besan! has written a mnno;r of standard works on Theosophy rviiioh are singularly clear in outline and cc ntents, and the mosi atstruse problema are preserated in in attractlve form. The tnanuals on elenientary theosophy are speeially adapted for beginners. Mrs. Besant has lately i '.i i.l special attention to some pbasoa of scicntific thoiight, especially couCM-nias the nature and es-srace of thought, whk-h is now üeelared to be ír.aterial in its orlgin, eoosistirtg oí vibrations in the ether. Her studies are in tln saine line as those of somo Freaoh savamts, such as lïaiaduc Rochay D'AIghiu, and lt is wmarkaWe to note hw gradually theosophic tlnoncs are being verifled by scienlüic investlgation. Iu her lecture i;i Ann Ai'bor, Mrs. Besant will jrive a short outline of some of tlie most recent discoveries in seieuce. Au efei dozen of Barnuin & Bailey's adraace agents wre in town Tucsday and the streets ind show windows show the effect of thoir work in a new lot of bill boards, ptootographs and posters.