Essays on social topics / by Lady Cook, née Tennessee Claflin.

Lady Cook's essays, vol. 1

London : The Roxburghe Press, [between 1886 and 1923]

284 pages ; 23 cm

Copy 1. Includes typed note 'With Lady Cook's compliments', pasted to dedication page.

Ideal woman-- Virtue-- Modesty-- Maternity-- The lost rib-- Mothers and their duties-- Regeneration of society-- Prudery-- Moral espionage-- Plea for young and old maids-- Mothers-in-law-- Aid for the poor-- A short history of marriage-- True love-- Who should propose?-- Which is to blame?-- Marriage-- Wrongs of married men-- Are we polygamists?-- Morals of authors-- Marriage with a deceased wife's sister-- Should the poor marry?-- Wives and mistresses-- Degradation of the sexes-- Women who should have been wives-- Who rules?-- "The 'new' man" and "The new movement"-- Illegitimacy-- A woman's purity-- Lovers' gifts-- One of the evils of society-- Advice to parents.