CONTENTS
| PART I RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN GENERAL | [1] |
| II. | OH, YOU MEN! | [5] |
| III. | THE ROSE, THE LILY, AND THE VIOLET; OR, HOW DIFFERENT METHODS APPEAL TO DIFFERENT WOMEN | [10] |
| IV. | WOMEN LOVE BETTER THAN MEN | [16] |
| V. | IS WOMAN A RESPONSIBLE BEING? | [19] |
| VI. | RAMBLES IN CUPID'S DOMAIN | [22] |
| VII. | WHICH SEX WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BE? | [28] |
| VIII. | RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND | [32] |
| IX. | WOMEN AND THEIR WAYS | [41] |
| X. | WOMAN'S MISSION IN THIS WORLD | [49] |
| XI. | IS WOMAN INFERIOR TO MAN? | [52] |
| XII. | WOMEN WHO ARE FOLLOWED AND ANNOYED IN THE STREET | [55] |
| XIII. | DANGEROUS MEN | [58] |
| XIV. | THE MAN WHO SMILES | [60] |
| XV. | WOMEN AND DOLLS | [63] |
| XVI. | MEN AS A RULE ARE SELFISH—TWO KINDS OF SELFISH MEN | [68] |
| XVII. | EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES | [71] |
| XVIII. | AMERICAN WOMEN IN PARIS | [74] |
| XIX. | WOMEN WHO WALK BEST | [77] |
| XX. | WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN | [81] |
| XXI. | WOMEN MAY ALL BE BEAUTIFUL | [84] |
| XXII. | WOMEN AT SEA | [87] |
| XXIII. | THE SECRET OF WOMAN'S BEAUTY | [91] |
| XXIV. | THE DURATION OF BEAUTY | [95] |
| XXV. | THE WOMAN 'GOOD FELLOW'—A SOCIETY TYPE | [98] |
| XXVI. | THE WOMAN 'GOSSIP' | [100] |
| XXVII. | LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT | [103] |
| XXVIII. | THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN | [106] |
| XXIX. | SHALL LOVE BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? | [111] |
| XXX. | ARE MEN FAIR TO WOMEN? | [115] |
| XXXI. | A PLEA FOR THE WORKING WOMAN | [118] |
| XXXII. | A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION | [122] |
| XXXIII. | THE WORST FEATURE OF WOMEN AS A SEX | [127] |
| XXXIV. | IS HOMŒOPATHY A CURE FOR LOVE? | [131] |
| XXXV. | DOMESTIC TYRANTS AND THEIR POOR WIVES | [135] |
| PART II RAMBLES IN MATRIMONY | ||
| I. | ADVICE TO YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE | [139] |
| II. | THE MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM | [142] |
| III. | WOMEN SHOULD ASSERT THEMSELVES IN MATRIMONY | [146] |
| IV. | RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY—I. | [150] |
| V. | RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY—II. | [154] |
| VI. | RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY—III. | [159] |
| VII. | THE START IN MATRIMONY, AND ITS DANGERS | [162] |
| VIII. | 'OMELETTE AU RHUM' | [166] |
| IX. | COQUETRY IN MATRIMONY | [169] |
| X. | RESIGNATION IN MATRIMONY | [173] |
| XI. | TIT FOR TAT | [176] |
| XII. | THE IDEAL HUSBAND | [179] |
| XIII. | MARRYING ABOVE OR BELOW ONE'S STATION | [184] |
| XIV. | PREPARE FOR MATRIMONY, BUT DO NOT OVERTRAIN YOURSELVES | [188] |
| XV. | ACTRESSES SHOULD NOT MARRY | [191] |
| XVI. | A MATRIMONIAL BOOM | [195] |
| XVII. | LOVE WITH WHITE HAIR | [199] |
| PART III RAMBLES EVERYWHERE | ||
| I. | LITTLE MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY USE | [203] |
| II. | DO THE BEST WITH THE HAND YOU HAVE | [207] |
| III. | BEWARE OF THE FINISHING TOUCH | [210] |
| IV. | THE SELFISHNESS OF SORROW | [214] |
| V. | THE RIGHT OF CHANGING ONE'S MIND | [217] |
| VI. | WHAT WE OWE TO CHANCE | [220] |
| VII. | WE NEEDN'T GET OLD | [223] |
| VIII. | THE SECRET OF OLD AGE | [226] |
| IX. | ADVICE ON LETTER-POSTING | [229] |
| X. | ON PARASITES | [232] |
| XI. | ADVICE-GIVING | [234] |
| XII. | ON HOLIDAYS | [237] |
| XIII. | EXTRACTS FROM THE DICTIONARY OF A CYNIC | [240] |
| XIV. | VARIOUS CRITICISMS ON CREATION | [243] |
| XV. | THE HUMOURS OF THE INCOME-TAX | [246] |
| XVI. | HOW TO BE ENTERTAINING | [250] |
| XVII. | WHAT IS GENIUS? | [253] |
| XVIII. | NEW AND PIQUANT CRITICISM | [256] |
| XIX. | ORIGINALITY IN LITERATURE | [259] |
| XX. | PLAGIARISM | [262] |
| XXI. | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND REMINISCENCES | [266] |
| XXII. | THOUGHTS ON HATS | [270] |
| XXIII. | THOUGHTS ON EYE-GLASSES | [273] |
| XXIV. | THOUGHTS ON UMBRELLAS | [277] |
| XXV. | SOME AMERICAN TOPICS | [280] |
| XXVI. | SOME AMERICANS I OBJECT TO | [283] |
| XXVII. | PATIENCE—AN AMERICAN TRAIT | [286] |
| XXVIII. | AMERICAN FEELINGS FOR FOREIGNERS | [289] |
| XXIX. | SHOULD YOUNG GIRLS READ NOVELS? | [292] |
| XXX. | NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH FATHER? | [295] |