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THE
YOUNG MAIDEN.
By A. B. MUZZEY,
AUTHOR OF THE YOUNG MAN'S FRIEND, SUNDAY SCHOOL GUIDE, &c
“Young Men, and Maidens; * * * Let them praise the name of the Lord.” |
TENTH EDITION.
BOSTON
WM. CROSBY & H. P. NICHOLS,
111 Washington Street
1848.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by
A. B. Muzzey,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE:
METCALF AND COMPANY,
PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
Contents
| Chapter I.—The Capacities of Woman, | page 5 |
| Chapter II.—Female Influence, | 30 |
| Chapter III.—Female Education, | 53 |
| Chapter IV.—Home, | 81 |
| Chapter V.—Society, | 107 |
| Chapter VI.—Love, | 136 |
| Chapter VII.—Single Life, | 151 |
| Chapter VIII.—Reasons for Marriage, | 163 |
| Chapter IX.—Conditions of True Marriage, | 191 |
| Chapter X.—The Society of Young Men, | 205 |
| Chapter XI.—First Love, | 213 |
| Chapter XII.—Conduct During Engagement, | 222 |
| Chapter XIII.—Trials of Woman; and Her Solace, | 237 |
| Chapter XIV.—Encouragements, | 255 |