Rambles in Womanland

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Author

O'Rell, Max, 1848-1903

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Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Women

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33416

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33416

Release Date

August 12, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND — BY
2. 2.MAX O'RELL — SECOND EDITION — LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1903
3. 3.CONTENTS — PART I
4. 4.CHAPTER I — THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN GENERAL
5. 5.CHAPTER II — OH, YOU MEN!
6. 6.CHAPTER III — THE ROSE, THE LILY, AND THE VIOLET; OR, HOW DIFFERENT METHODS APPEAL TO DIFFERENT WOMEN — WHEN HE MEETS THE LILY — THE MODEST VIOLET — A SHINING SOCIAL LIGHT.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV — WOMEN LOVE BETTER THAN MEN
8. 8.CHAPTER V — IS WOMAN A RESPONSIBLE BEING?
9. 9.CHAPTER VI — RAMBLES IN CUPID'S DOMAIN
10. 10.CHAPTER VII — WHICH SEX WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BE?
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII — RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND
12. 12.CHAPTER IX — WOMEN AND THEIR WAYS
13. 13.CHAPTER X — WOMAN'S MISSION IN THIS WORLD
14. 14.CHAPTER XI — IS WOMAN INFERIOR TO MAN?
15. 15.CHAPTER XII — WOMEN WHO ARE FOLLOWED AND ANNOYED IN THE STREET
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII — DANGEROUS MEN — (A WARNING TO WOMEN)
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV — THE MAN WHO SMILES
18. 18.CHAPTER XV — WOMEN AND DOLLS
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI — MEN AS A RULE ARE SELFISH—TWO KINDS OF SELFISH MEN
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII — EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES — THE RIGHT AND WRONG IN THE CASE OF A ROYAL PRINCESS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII — AMERICAN WOMEN IN PARIS
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX — WOMEN WHO WALK BEST
23. 23.CHAPTER XX — WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI — WOMEN MAY ALL BE BEAUTIFUL
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII — WOMEN AT SEA
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII — THE SECRET OF WOMAN'S BEAUTY — Hint No. 1 — Hint No. 2 — Hint No. 3 — Hint No. 4 — Hint No. 5 — Hint No. 6
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV — THE DURATION OF BEAUTY
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV — THE WOMAN 'GOOD FELLOW'—A SOCIETY TYPE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI — THE WOMAN 'GOSSIP'
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII — LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX — SHALL LOVE BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY?
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX — ARE MEN FAIR TO WOMEN?
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI — A PLEA FOR THE WORKING WOMAN
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII — A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII — THE WORST FEATURE OF WOMEN AS A SEX
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV — IS HOMŒOPATHY A CURE FOR LOVE?
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV — DOMESTIC TYRANTS AND THEIR POOR WIVES — PART II
39. 39.CHAPTER I — ADVICE TO YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE
40. 40.CHAPTER II — THE MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM
41. 41.CHAPTER III — WOMEN SHOULD ASSERT THEMSELVES IN MATRIMONY
42. 42.CHAPTER IV — RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY—I
43. 43.CHAPTER V — RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY—II
44. 44.CHAPTER VI — RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY—III
45. 45.CHAPTER VII — THE START IN MATRIMONY, AND ITS DANGERS
46. 46.CHAPTER VIII — 'OMELETTE AU RHUM'
47. 47.CHAPTER IX — COQUETRY IN MATRIMONY
48. 48.CHAPTER X — RESIGNATION IN MATRIMONY
49. 49.CHAPTER XI — TIT FOR TAT
50. 50.CHAPTER XII — THE IDEAL HUSBAND
51. 51.CHAPTER XIII — MARRYING ABOVE OR BELOW ONE'S STATION — CHORUS-GIRL MARRIAGES — EDUCATING ONE'S WIFE
52. 52.CHAPTER XIV — PREPARE FOR MATRIMONY, BUT DO NOT OVERTRAIN YOURSELVES
53. 53.CHAPTER XV — ACTRESSES SHOULD NOT MARRY
54. 54.CHAPTER XVI — A MATRIMONIAL BOOM
55. 55.CHAPTER XVII — LOVE WITH WHITE HAIR — PART III
56. 56.CHAPTER I — LITTLE MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY USE
57. 57.CHAPTER II — DO THE BEST WITH THE HAND YOU HAVE
58. 58.CHAPTER III — BEWARE OF THE FINISHING TOUCH
59. 59.CHAPTER IV — THE SELFISHNESS OF SORROW
60. 60.CHAPTER V — THE RIGHT OF CHANGING ONE'S MIND
61. 61.CHAPTER VI — WHAT WE OWE TO CHANCE
62. 62.CHAPTER VII — WE NEEDN'T GET OLD
63. 63.CHAPTER VIII — THE SECRET OF OLD AGE
64. 64.CHAPTER IX — ADVICE ON LETTER-POSTING
65. 65.CHAPTER X — ON PARASITES
66. 66.CHAPTER XI — ADVICE-GIVING
67. 67.CHAPTER XII — ON HOLIDAYS
68. 68.CHAPTER XIII — EXTRACTS FROM THE DICTIONARY OF A CYNIC — ( After Jules Noriac )
69. 69.CHAPTER XIV — VARIOUS CRITICISMS ON CREATION
70. 70.CHAPTER XV — THE HUMOURS OF THE INCOME-TAX — (A WARNING)
71. 71.CHAPTER XVI — HOW TO BE ENTERTAINING
72. 72.CHAPTER XVII — WHAT IS GENIUS?
73. 73.CHAPTER XVIII — NEW AND PIQUANT CRITICISM
74. 74.CHAPTER XIX — ORIGINALITY IN LITERATURE
75. 75.CHAPTER XX — PLAGIARISM
76. 76.CHAPTER XXI — AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND REMINISCENCES
77. 77.CHAPTER XXII — THOUGHTS ON HATS
78. 78.CHAPTER XXIII — THOUGHTS ON EYE-GLASSES
79. 79.CHAPTER XXIV — THOUGHTS ON UMBRELLAS
80. 80.CHAPTER XXV — SOME AMERICAN TOPICS
81. 81.CHAPTER XXVI — SOME AMERICANS I OBJECT TO
82. 82.CHAPTER XXVII — PATIENCE—AN AMERICAN TRAIT
83. 83.CHAPTER XXVIII — AMERICAN FEELINGS FOR FOREIGNERS
84. 84.CHAPTER XXIX — SHOULD YOUNG GIRLS READ NOVELS?
85. 85.CHAPTER XXX — NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH FATHER? — THE END — MAX O'RELL'S WORKS — OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND

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