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Rambles in Womanland
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24 Chapters
Chapter 1 THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN GENERAL
Chapter 2 OH, YOU MEN!
Chapter 3 THE ROSE, THE LILY, AND THE VIOLET; OR, HOW DIFFERENT METHODS APPEAL TO DIFFERENT WOMEN
Chapter 4 WOMEN LOVE BETTER THAN MEN
Chapter 5 IS WOMAN A RESPONSIBLE BEING
Chapter 6 RAMBLES IN CUPID'S DOMAIN
Chapter 7 WHICH SEX WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BE
Chapter 8 RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND
Chapter 9 WOMEN AND THEIR WAYS
Chapter 10 WOMAN'S MISSION IN THIS WORLD
Chapter 11 IS WOMAN INFERIOR TO MAN
Chapter 12 WOMEN WHO ARE FOLLOWED AND ANNOYED IN THE STREET
Chapter 13 DANGEROUS MEN
Chapter 14 THE MAN WHO SMILES
Chapter 15 WOMEN AND DOLLS
Chapter 16 MEN AS A RULE ARE SELFISH-TWO KINDS OF SELFISH MEN
Chapter 17 EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Chapter 18 AMERICAN WOMEN IN PARIS
Chapter 19 WOMEN WHO WALK BEST
Chapter 20 WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN
Chapter 21 WOMEN MAY ALL BE BEAUTIFUL
Chapter 22 WOMEN AT SEA
Chapter 23 THE SECRET OF WOMAN'S BEAUTY
Chapter 24 THE DURATION OF BEAUTY
Chapter 25 THE WOMAN 'GOOD FELLOW'-A SOCIETY TYPE
Chapter 26 THE WOMAN 'GOSSIP'
Chapter 27 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Chapter 28 THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN
Chapter 29 SHALL LOVE BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Chapter 30 ARE MEN FAIR TO WOMEN
Chapter 31 A PLEA FOR THE WORKING WOMAN
Chapter 32 A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Chapter 33 THE WORST FEATURE OF WOMEN AS A SEX
Chapter 34 IS HOM OPATHY A CURE FOR LOVE
Chapter 35 ADVICE TO YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE
Chapter 36 THE MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM
Chapter 37 WOMEN SHOULD ASSERT THEMSELVES IN MATRIMONY
Chapter 38 RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY-I
Chapter 39 RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY-II
Chapter 40 RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY-III
Chapter 41 THE START IN MATRIMONY, AND ITS DANGERS
Chapter 42 'OMELETTE AU RHUM'
Chapter 43 COQUETRY IN MATRIMONY
Chapter 44 RESIGNATION IN MATRIMONY
Chapter 45 TIT FOR TAT
Chapter 46 THE IDEAL HUSBAND
Chapter 47 MARRYING ABOVE OR BELOW ONE'S STATION
Chapter 48 PREPARE FOR MATRIMONY, BUT DO NOT OVERTRAIN YOURSELVES
Chapter 49 ACTRESSES SHOULD NOT MARRY
Chapter 50 A MATRIMONIAL BOOM
Chapter 51 LITTLE MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY USE
Chapter 52 DO THE BEST WITH THE HAND YOU HAVE
Chapter 53 BEWARE OF THE FINISHING TOUCH
Chapter 54 THE SELFISHNESS OF SORROW
Chapter 55 THE RIGHT OF CHANGING ONE'S MIND
Chapter 56 WHAT WE OWE TO CHANCE
Chapter 57 WE NEEDN'T GET OLD
Chapter 58 THE SECRET OF OLD AGE
Chapter 59 ADVICE ON LETTER-POSTING
Chapter 60 ON PARASITES
Chapter 61 ADVICE-GIVING
Chapter 62 ON HOLIDAYS
Chapter 63 EXTRACTS FROM THE DICTIONARY OF A CYNIC
Chapter 64 VARIOUS CRITICISMS ON CREATION
Chapter 65 THE HUMOURS OF THE INCOME-TAX
Chapter 66 HOW TO BE ENTERTAINING
Chapter 67 WHAT IS GENIUS
Chapter 68 NEW AND PIQUANT CRITICISM
Chapter 69 ORIGINALITY IN LITERATURE
Chapter 70 PLAGIARISM
Chapter 71 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND REMINISCENCES
Chapter 72 THOUGHTS ON HATS
Chapter 73 THOUGHTS ON EYE-GLASSES
Chapter 74 THOUGHTS ON UMBRELLAS
Chapter 75 SOME AMERICAN TOPICS
Chapter 76 SOME AMERICANS I OBJECT TO
Chapter 77 PATIENCE-AN AMERICAN TRAIT
Chapter 78 AMERICAN FEELINGS FOR FOREIGNERS
Chapter 79 SHOULD YOUNG GIRLS READ NOVELS
Chapter 80 NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH FATHER
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Chapter 24 THE DURATION OF BEAUTY

Descartes, Montesquieu, Scribe, Stahl, and many other famous writers of modern times, not to speak of philosophers of antiquity, have decried beauty, and warned mankind against its illusions, and especially its short duration, without succeeding, I must say, in disgusting the world out of it. True, beauty does not last for ever; but who would think

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