Women

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Excerpt from Women: Etc, Some Leaves From an Editor's Diary An earnest desire to meet so far as may be the requirements of custom naturally fetches other relatives within the range of consideration. To our aunt would imply a kindly thought, but would inevitably be accepted by some as sug gesting that she had no children of her own, To our uncle would serve only to evoke derision from unfriendly critics who would profess to detect therein indications of a mercenary or self-seeking spirit. And so throughout the list, even so far as To our third cousin by our grandfather's second wife, which as an expression all will admit would be cumbersome and unhappy. The fittingness of an inscription must also be regarded. It would be most discourteous, for example, to address a book on bridge to a bishop, or on spinsters to a preacher against race suicide, obviously any faux pas of that nature must be scrupulously avoided. Indeed, as we pursue our quest, difficulties seem to multiply. To our best friend has the merit of being enigmatical, but it sounds egoistical and offers an opportunity unduly tempting, to carpers to insinuate that To our worst enemy would be more exact. Moreover, this being a book about Women, Etc., and the absurdity of inscribing it to Etc. Or to all women, including widows, being apparent, the field becomes almost hopelessly narrowed and, so far as we can perceive, but one recourse remains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.