# The Friendships of Women Author: Alger, William Rounseville, 1822-1905 Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19199 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Friendships+of+Women+Alger&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary While gathering materials for a History of Friendship, I was often struck both by the small number of recorded examples of the sentiment among women, which were discovered in my researches, and by the commonness of the expressed belief, that strong natural obstacles make friendship a comparatively feeble and rare experience with them. Spurred by further thought, as well as by many talks, I kept on exploring the subject. At length, so much matter was mustered that I determined to insert in my work a distinct chapter on the Friendships of Women. Still the subject grew in interest for me, and the bulk of historic illustration swelled beyond the size of a chapter. Then I decided to make a lit... ## Chapters - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-friendships-of-women-19199/chapters/28/index.md)