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WOMAN IN THE PATRIARCHAL AGES. WOMEN OF ANCIENT EGYPT. MODERN EGYPTIAN WOMEN. PERSIAN WOMEN. GRECIAN WOMEN. GRECIAN COURTEZANS. ROMAN WOMEN. LAWS AND CUSTOMS RESPECTING THE ROMAN WOMEN. WOMAN IN SAVAGE LIFE. EASTERN WOMEN. CHINESE WOMAN. AFRICAN WOMEN. GREAT ENTERPRISES OF WOMEN IN THE TIMES OF CHIVALRY. OTHER PARTICULARS RESPECTING FEMALES DURING THE AGE OF CHIVALRY. FRENCH WOMEN. ITALIAN WOMEN. SPANISH WOMEN. ENGLISH WOMEN. RUSSIAN WOMEN. THE IDEA OF FEMALE INFERIORITY. FEMALE SIMPLICITY. THE MILD MAGNANIMITY OF WOMEN. FEMALE DELICACY. INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SOCIETY. MONASTIC LIFE. DEGREES OF SENTIMENTAL ATTACHMENT AT DIFFERENT PERIODS. GERMAN WOMEN. A VIEW OF MATRIMONY IN THREE DIFFERENT LIGHTS. BETROTHING AND MARRIAGE. FEMALE FRIENDSHIP. ON THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND. A LETTER TO A NEW MARRIED MAN. GARRICK’S ADVICE TO MARRIED LADIES. ORIGIN OF NUNNERIES. DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT CONVENT AT AJUDA IN RIO JANERIO. CEREMONY OF THE INITIATION OF A NUN. WEDDED LOVE IS INFINITELY PREFERABLE TO VARIETY. ITALIAN DEBAUCHERY. NAKED FAKIERS MAHOMETAN PLURALITY OF WIVES. WOMEN OF OTAHEITE. CRIM. CON. OF CLAUDIUS AND POMPEIA. CUSTOM IN THE MOGUL EMPIRE. CUSTOM OF THE MUSCOVITES. SALE OF CHILDREN TO PURCHASE WIVES. POLYGAMY AND CONCUBINAGE. EUNUCHS. GIRLS SOLD AT AUCTION. SALE OF A WIFE. PUNISHMENT OF ADULTERY. ANECDOTE OF CÆSAR. POWER OF MARRYING. CELIBACY OF THE CLERGY. DESPERATE ACT OF EUTHIRA. LUXURIOUS DRESS OF THE GRECIAN LADIES. GRECIAN COURTSHIP. POWER OF PHILTRES AND CHARMS. EASTERN COURTSHIP. LONG HAIR OF SAXONS AND DANES. ST. VALENTINE’S DAY. COURTS OF LOVE. IMMODESTY AT BABYLON. INDECENCY AT ADRIANOPLE. ANCIENT SWEDISH COURTSHIP. LAPLAND AND GREENLAND LADY. EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN ASIA AND AFRICA. RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS OF THE GREEKS. THE DEATHS OF LUCRETIA AND VIRGINIA. ON LOOKING AT THE PICTURE OF A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE. OF FIGURE. OF BEAUTY. OF MIND. OF HABITS. OF AGE. THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA. AN ESSAY ON MATRIMONY.