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- [piii]SKETCHES OF THE FAIR SEX, IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
- [pvii]TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- [p9]SKETCHES OF “THE SEX.”
- THE FIRST WOMAN, AND HER ANTEDILUVIAN DESCENDANTS.
- WOMAN IN THE PATRIARCHAL AGES.
- [p13]WOMEN OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
- [p15]MODERN EGYPTIAN WOMEN.
- PERSIAN WOMEN.
- GRECIAN WOMEN.
- [p20]GRECIAN COURTEZANS.
- [p24]ROMAN WOMEN.
- LAWS AND CUSTOMS RESPECTING THE ROMAN WOMEN.
- WOMAN IN SAVAGE LIFE.
- [p37]EASTERN WOMEN.
- CHINESE WOMAN.
- [p43]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.
- [p80]FEMALE DELICACY.
- INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SOCIETY.
- MONASTIC LIFE.
- DEGREES OF SENTIMENTAL ATTACHMENT AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.
- GERMAN WOMEN.
- [p103]A VIEW OF MATRIMONY IN THREE DIFFERENT LIGHTS.
- BETROTHING AND MARRIAGE.
- FEMALE FRIENDSHIP.
- [p114]ON THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND.
- A LETTER TO A NEW MARRIED MAN.
- [p130]GARRICK’S ADVICE TO MARRIED LADIES.
- [p131]ORIGIN OF NUNNERIES.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT CONVENT AT AJUDA IN RIO JANERIO.
- CEREMONY OF THE INITIATION OF A NUN.
- [p136]WEDDED LOVE IS INFINITELY PREFERABLE TO VARIETY.
- ITALIAN DEBAUCHERY.
- [p138]NAKED FAKIERS
- MAHOMETAN PLURALITY OF WIVES.
- WOMEN OF OTAHEITE.
- [p143]CRIM. CON. OF CLAUDIUS AND POMPEIA.
- [p145]A WORD TO A VERY NICE CLASS OF LADIES.
- CUSTOM IN THE MOGUL EMPIRE.
- CUSTOM OF THE MUSCOVITES.
- SALE OF CHILDREN TO PURCHASE WIVES.
- POLYGAMY AND CONCUBINAGE.
- EUNUCHS.
- [p153]GIRLS SOLD AT AUCTION.
- [p154]SALE OF A WIFE.
- PUNISHMENT OF ADULTERY.
- ANECDOTE OF CÆSAR.
- POWER OF MARRYING.
- CELIBACY OF THE CLERGY.
- [p162]DESPERATE ACT OF EUTHIRA.
- [p164]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.
- [p176]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.
- [p185]ART OF DETERMINING THE PRECISE FIGURE, THE DEGREE OF BEAUTY, THE HABITS, AND THE AGE, OF WOMEN, NOTWITHSTANDING THE AIDS AND DISGUISES OF DRESS.
- OF FIGURE.
- OF BEAUTY.
- OF MIND.
- [p192]OF HABITS.
- OF AGE.
- [p194]THE IDEAL OF FEMALE BEAUTY; OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMOUS STATUE OF THE VENUS DE MEDICI.
- [p198]THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE.
- [p199]THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA.
- [p203]AN ESSAY ON MATRIMONY.
- Transcriber's Note
- Transcriber's Note
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