em. Art in prosperity? Thine happiness is doubled with a wife. Art in
adversity? She'll comfort and assist thee. Art at home? She'll drive
away melancholy. Art abroad? She'll wish for thee in thy absence and
joyfully welcome thy return. There's nothing delightsome without
society, and no society as sweet as matrimony!'

THE END

COLSTONS LIMITED, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

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Errors and Inconsistencies

The inconsistent hyphenization of "re-adjust(ment)" and the variable
spelling of "vice versa" (with or without circumflex) are unchanged.
The term "anyrate" is always written as a single word.

Part I
The Subject of Marriage is kept too much in the dark. [. missing]
I.IV
ridiculing and contemning
[_archaic spelling unchanged; elsewhere "condemn"_]
... and most of them negative.'[1] [_footnote tag missing_]

II.I.
but when it is a very unhappy married life must inevitably follow.
[_punctuation unchanged: may need comma after "is"_]
'Real friendship,' founded on harmony of sentiment
[_close quote missing_]
You ask me whether you will be happy thro' love and marriage. [hapy]
II.II
I think it is de la Rochfoucauld who says [_spelling unchanged_]

Part III
--GEORGE SAND. [GEORGES]
III.I
He continues: 'It is a question to my mind whether [" for ']
III.II
They are old friends and have not met for years. [. missing]
except the old ladies, and the men don't want them.' [" for ']
III.IV
'Not at all; she's perfectly sound,' [opening " for ']
III.VI
'_Duo_--two?' [closing " for ']

V.II
To speak in an exaggeratedly gentle voice [exaggerately]
... did not understand their cryptic symbols in the least [crytic]
'Two boxes of Sunlight Soap for cook--it'll last ages.' [. missing]

Missing Text

The edges of some preliminary pages, mainly advertising, were damaged.
Reconstructed text is shown here in {braces}, with the original line
breaks.

[NEW SHILLING REPRINTS]

+THE SINEWS OF WAR.+ By EDEN PHILLPOTTS an{d}
ARNOLD BENNETT.
+MODERN WOMAN AND HOW TO MANAGE H{ER.}+
By WALTER GALLICHAN.

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{s}erious subject."

+Standard.+--"A good deal of sound thinking has gone to the
book's composition and it is also illumined by a very kind and
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