The Book of Love

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

TO THE READER

INTRODUCTION GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY OF LOVE

CHAPTER I LOVE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS

CHAPTER II MORNING CREPUSCULES OF LOVE—THE GOOD AND EVIL SOURCES OF LOVE

CHAPTER III THE FIRST WEAPONS OF LOVE—COURTSHIP

CHAPTER IV MODESTY

CHAPTER V THE VIRGIN

CHAPTER VI CONQUEST AND VOLUPTUOUSNESS

CHAPTER VII HOW LOVE IS PRESERVED AND HOW IT DIES

CHAPTER VIII THE DEPTHS AND THE HEIGHTS OF LOVE

CHAPTER IX SUBLIME PUERILITIES OF LOVE

CHAPTER X BOUNDARIES OF LOVE, AND THEIR RELATIONS TO THE SENSES

CHAPTER XI BOUNDARIES OF LOVE—THEIR RELATIONS TO OTHER SENTIMENTS—JEALOUSY

CHAPTER XII BOUNDARIES OF LOVE—THEIR RELATIONS TO THOUGHT

CHAPTER XIII CHASTITY IN ITS RELATIONS TO LOVE

CHAPTER XIV LOVE IN SEX

CHAPTER XV LOVE AND AGE

CHAPTER XVI LOVE IN RELATION TO TEMPERAMENTS—OF THE WAYS OF LOVING

CHAPTER XVII THE HELL OF LOVE

CHAPTER XVIII THE DEGRADATIONS OF LOVE

CHAPTER XIX FAULTS AND CRIMES OF LOVE

CHAPTER XX RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF LOVE

CHAPTER XXI THE COVENANTS OF LOVE