Front matter
Reading edition
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
DEDICATION. TO THE YOUNG MAIDENS OF OUR FAVORED UNION, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR FRIEND, The Author.