This does not signify that the unselfish, tactful, tender and worthy woman is not in the foreground in the picture of life.
She is.
But her virtues, her nobility, and her ofttimes sorrow, have all been so frequently depicted, that many women who are the creators of their own misfortunes, fall into the error of believing they belong to her class.
It is the writer's impression, based on observation, that a larger number of men marry for love than do women.
Just why so many men who begin married life with love and ideals, end it by being bad husbands, needs a wider and more careful analysis than this little book gives.
But it can do no good wife any harm to study herself, and in reading these pages, try and discover if she appears therein.
The noblest study of womankind is herself.
THE AUTHOR.