CONTENTS.
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
Transcriber's Note:
THE ART OF TAKING A WIFE
BY PAOLO MANTEGAZZA
New Edition
GAY AND BIRD LONDON MDCCCXCVI
All rights reserved
TO THE IMPATIENT, WHO WISH TO MARRY TOO SOON; TO THE LIBERTINES, WHO TAKE A WIFE TOO LATE; TO THE TIMID WHO, WAVERING BETWEEN YES AND NO, END BY NOT TAKING ONE AT ALL, This Book is Dedicated BY A MAN WHO HAS ALWAYS BLESSED HIS FIRST MARRIAGE, AND HOPES TO BLESS THE SECOND; BELIEVING THIS SEXUAL CONTRACT TO BE THE LEAST EVIL ONE OF THE TIES WHICH BIND THE MAN TO THE WOMAN, IN SPITE OF ITS MANY DEFECTS AND DANGERS.
