Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variationsin hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling andpunctuation remains unchanged.
The half title immediately before the title page has been omitted.
BY
ORLO WILLIAMS, M.C.
Author of “Vie de Boheme: A Patch of Romantic Paris,”
“The Life and Letters of John Rickman,” etc.
LONDON
GRANT RICHARDS LTD.
ST MARTIN’S STREET
MDCCCCXX
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
THE DUNEDIN PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH
TO BETTY
WHEN SHE IS OLDER
WITH THE SUPERFLUOUS INJUNCTION
NOT TO TAKE THIS BOOK
TOO SERIOUSLY
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CHAPTER | PAGE | |
I. | The Man in the Sidecar | 9 |
II. | Little Girls | 29 |
III. | Big Girls | 51 |
IV. | The English Wife | 76 |
V. | The English Mother | 102 |
VI. | The Englishwoman’s Mind | 128 |
VII. | The Englishwoman’s Manners | 145 |
VIII. | The Englishwoman and the Arts | 166 |
IX. | The Englishwoman in Society | 187 |
X. | The Englishwoman at Work | 204 |
XI. | The Englishwoman at Play | 219 |