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From a Girl's Point of View By: Lilian Bell (1867-1929) |
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BY LILIAN BELL 1897 BY LILIAN BELL THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF AN OLD MAID. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges
and Gilt Top, $1 25. ... The love affairs of an old maid are not her own, but other
people's, and in this volume we have the love trials and joys of a
variety of persons described and analyzed.... The peculiarity of this
book is that each type is perfectly distinct, clear, and
interesting.... Altogether the book is by far the best of
those recently written on the tender passion. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette . THE UNDER SIDE OF THINGS. A Novel. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut
Edges and Gilt Top, $1 25. A tenderly beautiful story.... This book is Miss Bell's best effort,
and most in the line of what we hope to see her proceed in, dainty and
keen and bright, and always full of the fine warmth and tenderness of
splendid womanhood. Interior , Chicago. Dedicated WITH MANY APPREHENSIONS TO THE DULL READER WHO WILL INSIST UPON TAKING THIS BOOK LITERALLY CONTENTS
THE UNTRAINED MAN UNDER THIRTY FIVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF CLOTHES WOMAN'S RIGHTS IN LOVE MEN AS LOVERS LOVE MAKING AS A FINE ART GIRLS AND OTHER GIRLS ON THE SUBJECT OF HUSBANDS A FEW MEN WHO BORE US: THE SELF MADE MAN THE DYSPEPTIC THE TOO ACCURATE MAN THE IRRESISTIBLE MAN THE STUPID MAN THE NEW WOMAN THE UNTRAINED MAN UNDER THIRTY FIVE "Since we deserved the name of friends,
And thine effect so lives in me,
A part of mine may live in thee,
And move thee on to noble ends."
Every woman has had, at some time in her life, an experience with man
in the raw. In reality, one cannot set down with any degree of
accuracy the age when his rawness attacks him, or the time when he has
got the last remnant of it out of his system. But a close study of the
complaint, and the necessity for pigeon holing everything and
everybody, lead one to declare that somewhere in the vicinity of the
age of thirty five man emerges from his rawness and becomes a part of
trained humanity a humanity composed of men and women trained in the
art of living together. I am impressed with Professor Horton's remarks on this subject: "It
has sometimes struck me as very singular," he says, "that while
nothing is so common and nothing is so difficult as living with other
people, we are seldom instructed in our youth how to do it well. Our
knowledge of the subject is acquired by experience, chiefly by
failures. And by the time that we have tolerably mastered the delicate
art, we are on the point of being called to the isolation of the
grave or shall I say to the vast company of the Majority? "But an art of so much practical moment deserves a little more
consideration. It should not be taught by chance, or in fragments, but
duly deployed, expounded, and enforced. It is of far more pressing
importance, for example, than the art of playing the piano or the
violin, and is quite as difficult to learn. "It is written, 'It is not good that man should be alone'; but, on the
other hand, it is often far from good to be with him. A docile cat is
preferable, a mongoose, or even a canary. Indeed, for want of proper
instruction, a large number of the human race, as they are known in
this damp and foggy island, are 'gey ill to live wi',' and no one
would attempt it but for charity and the love of God." Now who but women are responsible for the training of men? If the
mother has neglected her obvious duty in training her son to be a
livable portion of humanity, who but the girls must take up her lost
opportunities? It is with the class of men whose mothers have
neglected to train them in the art of living that we have to deal; the
man with whom feminine influence refining, broadening, softening,
graciously smoothing out soul wrinkles, and generously polishing off
sharp mental corners has had no part. It need not necessarily mean
men who have not encountered feminine influence, but it does mean
those who never have yielded to it... Continue reading book >>
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