ust form such a character as the following, which though applied by
Pope to one of the most accomplished women of his time, is that of a
CHRISTIAN WIFE in every age and station,--

"Oh! blest with temper whose unclouded ray
Can make tomorrow cheerful as to-day:
She who can love a sister's charms, or hear
Sighs for a daughter with unwounded ear;
She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,
Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules;
Charms by accepting--by submitting sways,
Yet has her humor most, when she obeys."

By causing the character of woman to be more thoroughly discussed and
better understood;--by making it more frequently the theme of rational
meditation to the young and ardent, who, from the force of defective
education, are apt to regard all "the sex," beyond a very limited
circle, as mere accessaries to animal enjoyment,--whose peace they may
wound without compunction, and whose happiness they may peril without
reflection,--we feel that we shall do both sexes a good service, and one
for which as they advance in life, and in their turn become husbands,
wives and parents, they will thank our little book, as having helped
them to know themselves and each other.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

African Women, 43
Adultery, punishment of 155
Bathing at Rome, 31
Betrothing and Marriage, 104
Chinese Women, 40
Chinese Bridegroom, 41
Caesar, Anecdote of 157
Celibacy of the Clergy, 160
Cleopatra, Death of, 199
Courts of Love, 172
Courtship, ancient Swedish 176
Courtship, Grecian 165
Courtship, Eastern 168
Condition of Women in the 8th Century, 52
Egyptian Women, Ancient 13
Egyptian Women, Modern 15
Euthira, desperate act of 162
Eastern Women, 37
English Women, 62
First Woman, 9
Female Friendship,