On Love
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTORY PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION3. Introductory material4. PREFACE[1]5. PREFACE[1]6. PREFACE[1]7. PREFACE[1]8. BOOK I9. CHAPTER I OF LOVE10. CHAPTER II OF THE BIRTH OF LOVE11. CHAPTER III OF HOPE12. CHAPTER IV13. CHAPTER V14. CHAPTER VI THE CRYSTALS OF SALZBURG15. CHAPTER VII DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BIRTH OF LOVE IN THE TWO SEXES16. CHAPTER VIII17. CHAPTER IX18. CHAPTER X19. CHAPTER XI20. CHAPTER XII FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF CRYSTALLISATION21. CHAPTER XIII OF THE FIRST STEP; OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD; OF MISFORTUNES22. CHAPTER XIV23. CHAPTER XV24. CHAPTER XVI25. CHAPTER XVII BEAUTY DETHRONED BY LOVE26. CHAPTER XVIII LIMITATIONS OF BEAUTY27. CHAPTER XIX LIMITATIONS OF BEAUTY—(continued)28. CHAPTER XX29. CHAPTER XXI LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT30. CHAPTER XXII OF INFATUATION31. CHAPTER XXIII THE THUNDERBOLT FROM THE BLUE(11)32. CHAPTER XXIV VOYAGE IN AN UNKNOWN LAND33. CHAPTER XXV THE INTRODUCTION34. CHAPTER XXVI OF MODESTY35. CHAPTER XXVII THE GLANCE36. CHAPTER XXVIII OF FEMININE PRIDE37. CHAPTER XXIX OF WOMEN'S COURAGE38. CHAPTER XXX A PECULIAR AND MOURNFUL SPECTACLE39. CHAPTER XXXI EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF SALVIATI40. CHAPTER XXXII OF INTIMATE INTERCOURSE41. CHAPTER XXXIII42. CHAPTER XXXIV OF CONFIDENCES43. CHAPTER XXXV OF JEALOUSY44. CHAPTER XXXVI OF JEALOUSY—(continued)45. CHAPTER XXXVII ROXANA46. CHAPTER XXXVIII OF SELF-ESTEEM PIQUED[1]47. CHAPTER XXXIX OF QUARRELSOME LOVE48. CHAPTER XXXIX (Part II) REMEDIES AGAINST LOVE49. CHAPTER XXXIX (Part III)50. CHAPTER XL51. CHAPTER XLI OF NATIONS WITH REGARD TO LOVE. FRANCE52. CHAPTER XLII FRANCE (continued)53. CHAPTER XLIII ITALY(27)54. CHAPTER XLIV ROME55. CHAPTER XLV ENGLAND(31)56. CHAPTER XLVI ENGLAND—(continued)57. CHAPTER XLVII SPAIN(36)58. CHAPTER XLVIII GERMAN LOVE(37)59. CHAPTER XLIX A DAY IN FLORENCE60. CHAPTER L LOVE IN THE UNITED STATES(41)61. CHAPTER LI LOVE IN PROVENCE UP TO THE CONQUEST OF TOULOUSE, IN 1328, BY THE BARBARIANS FROM THE NORTH62. CHAPTER LII(39) PROVENCE IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY63. CHAPTER LIII ARABIA64. CHAPTER LIV(43) OF THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN65. CHAPTER LV(43) OBJECTIONS TO THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN66. CHAPTER LVI(43) OBJECTIONS TO THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN (continued)67. CHAPTER LVI (Part II) ON MARRIAGE68. CHAPTER LVII OF VIRTUE, SO CALLED69. CHAPTER LVIII STATE OF EUROPE WITH REGARD TO MARRIAGE70. CHAPTER LIX WERTHER AND DON JUAN71. BOOK III72. BOOK III (continued 2)73. APPENDIX