There seems to be a feeling among lady writers that they also should
have been remembered in the Birthday-honour distribution. That is
all very well, but quite a new demand has been started by the _Cork
Constitution_, which remarks,--
"It would not of course be regular to bestow a knighthood upon
a lady; but the rule in the case of Mrs. DISRAELI might be
observed, and a Baroness be conferred upon the author of _Lady
Audley's Secret_."
What would MISS BRADDON do with a Baroness when she got her? Work her
up into her next plot? Peeresses must be "cheap to-day," if they can
be given away in this generous style.
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