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THE
YOUNG MAIDEN.
By A. B. MUZZEY,
AUTHOR OF THE YOUNG MAN'S FRIEND, SUNDAY SCHOOL GUIDE, &c
| “Young Men, and Maidens; * * * Let them praise the name of the Lord.” |
TENTH EDITION.
BOSTON
WM. CROSBY & H. P. NICHOLS,
111 Washington Street
1848.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by
A. B. Muzzey,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE:
METCALF AND COMPANY,
PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
Contents
| Chapter I.—The Capacities of Woman, | [page 5] |
| Chapter II.—Female Influence, | [30] |
| Chapter III.—Female Education, | [53] |
| Chapter IV.—Home, | [81] |
| Chapter V.—Society, | [107] |
| Chapter VI.—Love, | [136] |
| Chapter VII.—Single Life, | [151] |
| Chapter VIII.—Reasons for Marriage, | [163] |
| Chapter IX.—Conditions of True Marriage, | [191] |
| Chapter X.—The Society of Young Men, | [205] |
| Chapter XI.—First Love, | [213] |
| Chapter XII.—Conduct During Engagement, | [222] |
| Chapter XIII.—Trials of Woman; and Her Solace, | [237] |
| Chapter XIV.—Encouragements, | [255] |
| DEDICATION. TO THE YOUNG MAIDENS OF OUR FAVORED UNION, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR FRIEND, The Author. |