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A Woman of the World - Her Counsel to Other People’s Sons and Daughters - cover

A Woman of the World - Her Counsel to Other People’s Sons and Daughters

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Publisher: Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Summary

Clever, original presentations of present day social problems and the best solutions of them. A book every girl and woman should possess.

TO MR. RAY GILBERT, Law Student, Aged Twenty-three
TO MISS WINIFRED CLAYBORNE, At Vassar College
TO EDNA GORDON, During Her Honeymoon
TO MISS GLADYS WESTON, Who Faces the Necessity to Earn a Living
TO CLARENCE ST. CLAIRE, Regarding His Sister’s Betrothal
TO MISS MARGARET RILEY, Shop Girl, Concerning Her Oppressors
TO MISS GLADYS WESTON, After Three Years as a Teacher
TO A YOUNG FRIEND, Who Has Become Interested in the Metaphysical Thoughts of the Day
TO WILFRED CLAYBORN, Concerning His Education and His Profession
TO MISS ELSIE DEAN, Regarding the Habit of Exaggeration
TO SYBYL MARCHMONT, Who Has Learned Her Origin
TO MISS DIANA RIVERS, A Young Lady Contemplating a Career as a Journalist
TO NANETTE, A Former Maid
TO THE REV. WILTON MARSH, Regarding His Son and Daughter
TO MRS. CHARLES MCALLISTER, Formerly Miss Winifred Clayborne
TO MRS. CHARLES GORDON, Concerning Maternity
TO MR. ALFRED DUNCAN, Concerning the Ministry
TO MR. CHARLES GRAY, Concerning Polygamy
TO WALTER SMEED, Concerning Creeds and Marriage
TO SYBYL MARCHMONT, Concerning Her Determination to Remain Single
TO MRS. CHARLES GORDON, Concerning Her Sister and Her Children
TO MRS. CHARLES GORDON, Concerning Her Children
TO Miss ZOE CLAYBORN, ARTIST, Concerning the Attentions of Married Men
TO MR. CHARLES GORDON, Concerning the Jealousy of His Wife After Seven Years of Married Life
TO MRS. CLARENCE ST. CLAIRE, Concerning Her Husband
TO YOUNG MRS. DUNCAN, Regarding Mothers-in-Law.
TO A YOUNG MAN, Ambitious for Literary Honours
TO MRS. MCALLISTER, Concerning Her Little Girl
TO MR. RAY GILBERT, Attorney at Law, Aged Thirty
TO THE SISTER OF A GREAT BEAUTY
TO MRS. WHITE PEAK, One of the Pillars of Respectable Society
TO MARIA OWENS, A New Woman Contemplating Marriage
TO MRS. ST. CLAIRE, The Young Divorcée
TO MISS JESSIE HARCOURT, Regarding Her Marriage with a Poor Young Man
TO MISS JANE CARTER, Of the W.C.T.U
Available since: 02/02/2017.

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