_Contents_
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PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE 7
EVE 13
LADY GODIVA 19
MISS MARIE CORELLI 27
MRS. MARY BAKER EDDY 35
MRS. GRUNDY 41
MRS. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 49
DAME RUMOR 57
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN 63
THE CRY OF THE ELDERS 71
AN EPITHALAMIUM 79
THE SELF-MADE FATHER TO HIS READY-MADE SON 85
THE AUTHOR TO HIS HOSTESS 91
ON THE DECLINE OF GENTILITY AMONG THE YOUNG 97
“LOCHINVAR” 103
ABBREVIATION’S ARTFUL AID 111
AUTHOR’S AFTWORD 117
_List of Illustrations_
“_Far long with horror she has viewed The naked Truth
for being nude_” FRONTISPIECE