FROM A WOMAN'S NOTE-BOOK: Studies in Modern Girlhood and Other Sketches
London: George Allen, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays regarding Victorian girlhood, modern women, and societal expectations, including a critical discussion of the modern novel: "The days of little Charlotte Brontë, who invented grand people's ways from her solitude on the Haworth Moors, and made her great lady say to her footman, 'Cease that chatter, blockhead! and do my bidding,' are gone for ever, more's the pity." Octavo: viii, 237, [1, blank, [8, ads] pp. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling. Just a hint of foxing to the prefatory and concluding leaves. The spine is a trifle toned, with some mild rubbing to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. Very good. Item #80600
Price: $200.00