PREFACE.
CONTENTS
THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD.
MODERN MOTHERS. I.
MODERN MOTHERS. II
PAYING ONE'S SHOT.
WHAT IS WOMAN'S WORK?
LITTLE WOMEN.
IDEAL WOMEN.
PINCHBECK.
AFFRONTED WOMANHOOD.
FEMININE AFFECTATIONS.
INTERFERENCE.
THE FASHIONABLE WOMAN.
SLEEPING DOGS.
BEAUTY AND BRAINS.
NYMPHS.
MESALLIANCES.
WEAK SISTERS.
PINCHING SHOES.
SUPERIOR BEINGS.
FEMININE AMENITIES.
GRIM FEMALES.
MATURE SIRENS.
PUMPKINS.
WIDOWS.
DOLLS.
CHARMING WOMEN.
APRON-STRINGS.
FINE FEELINGS.
SPHINXES.
FLIRTING.
SCRAMBLERS.
FLATTERY.
LA FEMME PASSEE.
SPOILT WOMEN.
DOVECOTS.
BORED HUSBANDS.
THE
GIRL OF THE PERIOD
ETC.
VOL. I.
[Reprinted, by permission, from the Saturday Review]
AND OTHER
Social Essays
BY E. LYNN LINTON AUTHOR OF 'THE ATONEMENT OF LEAM DUNDAS' 'UNDER WHICH LORD?' 'THE REBEL OF THE FAMILY' 'IONE' ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I.
LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1883
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