CONTENTS.

Introduction,[13]
I.—The Girl of the Period,[25]
II.—Foolish Virgins,[34]
III.—Little Women,[43]
IV.—Pinchbeck,[52]
V.—Pushing Women,[61]
VI.—Feminine Affectations,[73]
VII.—Ideal Women,[83]
VIII.—Woman and the World,[93]
IX.—Unequal Marriages,[101]
X.—Husband-Hunting,[109]
XI.—Perils of "Paying Attention,"[118]
XII.—Women's Heroines,[128]
XIII.—Interference,[138]
XIV.—Plain Girls,[148]
XV.—A Word for Female Vanity,[157]
XVI.—The Abuse of Match-Making,[167]
XVII.—Feminine Influence,[177]
XVIII.—Pigeons,[188]
XIX.—Ambitious Wives,[198]
XX.—Platonic Woman,[206]
XXI.—Man and his Master,[215]
XXII.—The Goose and the Gander,[225]
XXIII.—Engagements,[235]
XXIV.—Woman in Orders,[243]
XXV.—Woman and her Critics,[253]
XXVI.—Mistress and Maid, on Dress and Undress,[262]
XXVII.—Æsthetic Woman,[272]
XXVIII.—What is Woman's Work?[281]
XXIX.—Papal Woman,[291]
XXX.—Modern Mothers,[300]
XXXI.—Priesthood of Woman,[309]
XXXII.—The Future of Woman,[319]
XXXIII.—Costume and its Morals,[329]
XXXIV.—The Fading Flower,[339]
XXXV.—La Femme Passée,[347]
XXXVI.—Pretty Preachers,[355]
XXXVII.—Spoilt Women,[364]