OF THE CONDITION OF WOMEN, IN VARIOUS AGES AND NATIONS. BY L. MARIA CHILD, AUTHOR OF 'PHILOTHEA,' 'THE MOTHER'S BOOK,' 'LETTERS FROM NEW REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR. "I am a slave, a favored slave At best, to share his splendor, and seem very blest; BYRON'S CORSAIR. "In youth women are our idois, at a riper age our companions, in old age IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. FIFTH EDITION. NEW-YORK: C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY. BOSTON: J. H. FRANCIS, 128 WASHINGTON-STREET. 1845. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by JOHN ALLEN & CO. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusett BOSTON: STEREOTYPED BY SHEPARD, OLIVER AND CO. 6740 38 |