Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's LifePART IV WIDOWHOOD AND WORKReading editionChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterILLUSTRATIONSPROLOGUEChapter I · THE GOLDEN AGEChapter II · THE GIRL IS MOTHER TO THE WOMANChapter III · “WOOED AND MARRIED, AND A’”Chapter IV · “A WINTER JAUNT TO NORWAY”Chapter V · “THE TENDER GRACE OF A DAY THAT IS DEAD”PART IV WIDOWHOOD AND WORKChapter VI · WIDOWHOOD AND WORK Labor omnia vincitChapter VII · WRITERS: SIR WALTER BESANT, JOHN OLIVER HOBBES, MRS. RIDDELL, MRS. LYNN LINTONChapter VIII · JOURNALISMChapter IX · ON THE MAKING OF BOOKSChapter X · THE END OF A CENTURYChapter XI · MEXICO AS I SAW ITChapter XII · THE CONTENTS OF A WORKING-WOMAN’S LETTER-BOXPART V THE SWEETS OF ADVERSITYChapter XIII · ABOUT PAINTERSChapter XIV · ON SCULPTORS AND MODELLINGChapter XV · MORE PAINTERS, AND WHISTLER IN PARTICULARChapter XVI · “THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS”Chapter XVII · LORD LI AND A CHINESE LUNCHEONChapter XVIII · FROM STAGELAND TO SHAKESPEARE-LANDChapter XIX · ON WOMAN NOWADAYSChapter XX · AMERICAN NOTESChapter XXI · CANADIAN PEEPSChapter XXII · PUBLIC DINNERSChapter XXIII · PRIVATE DINNERSChapter XXIV · FROM GAY TO GRAVEChapter XXV · ON JOTTINGSChapter XXVI · MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARKChapter XXVII · BURIED IN PARCELSChapter XXVIII · WORK RELAXED: AND ORCHARDSONChapter XXIX · DIAZINDEXMexico as I Saw It By MRS. ALEC TWEEDIE (née HARLEY)Previous chapter ←Part 3 — Chapter V · “THE TENDER GRACE OF A DAY THAT IS DEAD”Next chapter →Part 4 — Chapter VI · WIDOWHOOD AND WORK Labor omnia vincitAll chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsILLUSTRATIONSPROLOGUEPart 1 · Chapters1Part 2 · Chapters2Part 3 · Chapters345Parts4Part 4 · Chapters6789101112Parts5Part 5 · Chapters1314151617181920212223242526272829Part 5 · Other sectionsINDEXMexico as I Saw It By MRS. ALEC TWEEDIE (née HARLEY)From a photograph by Lombardi & Co. WHEN FIRST A WIDOW◇← CHAPTER V “THE TENDER GRACE OF A DAY THAT IS DEAD”CHAPTER VI WIDOWHOOD AND WORK Labor omnia vincit →
