BOMBAY
D.B. TARAPOREVALA SONS & CO.
Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh
DEDICATED
WITH THE DEVOTION OF A LIFETIME
TO THE KINDEST OF FRIENDS
MRS ARGYLL ROBERTSON
A CONSTANT WELL-WISHER OF
INDIAN WOMANHOOD
Contents
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | [AS THEY ARE] | 1 |
| II. | [MARRIAGE IN INDIA] | 15 |
| III. | [THE HINDU WOMAN IN MARRIAGE] | 31 |
| IV. | [THE LADIES OF THE ARISTOCRACY] | 61 |
| V. | [THE MIDDLE CLASSES] | 89 |
| VI. | [THE WORKING AND ABORIGINAL CLASSES] | 127 |
| VII. | [THE DANCING GIRL] | 149 |
| VIII. | [WOMAN’S DRESS] | 175 |
| IX. | [THE MOVING FINGER] | 197 |