Mrs Albert Grundy—Observations in Philistia
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1. Front matter2. Presenting in Outline the Comfortable and Well-Regulated Paradox over which She Presides, and showing its Mental Elevation3. Setting forth the Untoward Circumstances under which the Right Tale was Unfolded in the Wrong Company4. Annotating Sundry Points of Contact found to exist between the Lady and Contemporary Art5. Affording a Novel and Subdued Scientific Light, by which divers Venerable Problems may be Observed Afresh6. Touching the Experimental Graft of a Utilitarian Spirit upon the Aesthetic Instinct in our Sisters7. Relating to Various Phenomena attending the Progress of the Sex along Lines of the Greatest Resistance8. Illustrating the operation of Vegetables and Feminine Duplicity upon the Concepts of Maternal Responsibility9. Containing Thoughts upon the Great Unknown, to which are added Speculations upon her Hereafter10. Glancing at some Modern Aspects of Master John Gutenberg’s ingenious but Over-rated Invention11. Detailing certain Prudential Measures taken during the Panic incident to a Late Threatened Invasion12. Dealing with the Deceptions of Nature, and the Freedom from, Illusion Inherent in the Unnatural13. Suggesting Considerations possibly heretofore Overlooked by Commentators upon the Laws of Property14. Narrating the Failure of a Loyal Attempt to Circumvent Adversity by means of Modern Appliances15. Introducing Scenes from a Foreign Country, and also conveying Welcome Intelligence, together with some Instruction16. Disclosing the Educational Influence exerted by the Essex Coast, and other Matters, including Reasons for Joy17. Describing Impressions of a Momentous Interview, loosely gathered by One who, although present, was not quite In it