Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)   By: Elizabeth Lynn Linton (1822-1898)

AND

WHAT IS SAID OF THEM

A REPRINT OF

A SERIES OF ARTICLES IN THE

SATURDAY REVIEW

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

MRS. LUCIA GILBERT CALHOUN

NEW YORK J. S. REDFIELD, PUBLISHER 140 FULTON STREET 1868

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

J. S. REDFIELD,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.

EDWARD O. JENKINS, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER , No. 20 North William St.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The following papers on Woman were originally published in the columns of the London SATURDAY REVIEW. Some of them have already been reprinted in the literary and daily journals of this country, and they have excited no little discussion and comment among readers of both sexes.

Whether agreeing or not with the writer, it is impossible not to concede the eminent ability with which the various subjects are handled. No series of essays has appeared in the English language for many years which has been so extensively reprinted and so generally read.

The authorship of these papers has been attributed to different individuals, male and female; but it is more than probable that the writers whose names have been mentioned in this connection are precisely those who have had nothing whatever to do with them. It is not unlikely that, in due time, the publisher of this volume may be in possession of authentic information on this head, and that the name of the author may then appear on the title page.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION, 5

I. THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD, 25

II. FOOLISH VIRGINS, 34

III. LITTLE WOMEN, 43

IV. PINCHBECK, 52

V. PUSHING WOMEN, 61

VI. FEMININE AFFECTATIONS, 73

VII. IDEAL WOMEN, 83

VIII. WOMAN AND THE WORLD, 93

IX. UNEQUAL MARRIAGES, 101

X. HUSBAND HUNTING, 109

XI. PERILS OF "PAYING ATTENTION," 118

XII. WOMEN'S HEROINES, 128

XIII. INTERFERENCE, 138

XIV. PLAIN GIRLS, 148

XV. A WORD FOR FEMALE VANITY, 157

XVI. THE ABUSE OF MATCH MAKING, 167

XVII. FEMININE INFLUENCE, 177

XVIII. PIGEONS, 188

XIX. AMBITIOUS WIVES, 198

XX. PLATONIC WOMAN, 206

XXI. MAN AND HIS MASTER, 215

XXII. THE GOOSE AND THE GANDER, 225

XXIII. ENGAGEMENTS, 235

XXIV. WOMAN IN ORDERS, 243

XXV. WOMAN AND HER CRITICS, 253

XXVI. MISTRESS AND MAID, ON DRESS AND UNDRESS, 262

XXVII. ÆSTHETIC WOMAN, 272

XXVIII. WHAT IS WOMAN'S WORK? 281

XXIX. PAPAL WOMAN, 291

XXX. MODERN MOTHERS, 300

XXXI. PRIESTHOOD OF WOMAN, 309

XXXII. THE FUTURE OF WOMAN, 319

XXXIII. COSTUME AND ITS MORALS, 329