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 HOMOEOPATHY A CURE FOR LOVE? 131 XXXV. DOMESTIC TYRANTS AND THEIR POOR WIVES 135