E-text prepared by Bethanne M. Simms, Katherine Ward, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Transcriber's note: Hyphenation and punctuation have been changed to be consistent throughout the text. Probable typographical errors were corrected: "instanteously," "thorougly," "acquiesence," "speculatious," "her's." Otherwise the original punctuation and spelling have been retained. Text enclosed by underscores was in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs was in bold face (=bold=). Greek transliterations are enclosed by tilde characters (~Greek~). An asterism was changed to three asterisks in a row. A Table of Contents was added by the transcriber. A ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY. * * * * * "_Mr. Grant is nothing if not entertaining--nothing if not subtle. Himself a clever analyst, he defies analysis._"--THE UNIVERSITY. MR. GRANT'S NOVELS. THE KNAVE OF HEARTS. 1 vol. 12mo. $1.50. "It is a companion to 'The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl,' being the autobiography of a young man who devotes himself to the profession of heart-breaking. The various species of American female flirts are amusingly and clearly sketched by a few light but powerful strokes, and this, together with the simple yet surprisingly successful methods employed to make the girls' acquaintance, to lead them gently on to the brink of the precipice, and then to drop them, instantaneously and utterly, makes the book a veritable 'flirt's vade mecum.'"--_The Argonaut._ AN AVERAGE MAN. 1 vol. 12mo. $1.50. "There is a good strong purpose throughout the story. The style is rapid and bright."--_Life._ THE CONFESSIONS OF A FRIVOLOUS GIRL. 1 vol. 16mo. $1.25. "The greatest social literary hit of the year."--_Chicago Tribune._ "A screaming success."--_Saturday Review._ "Clever and piquant sketches--refreshing spirit and vivacity."--_Harper's Magazine._ A ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY. 1 vol. 12mo. $1.50. Mr. Grant's latest work, and in many respects his best. _Sold by booksellers. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by the publishers_, =TICKNOR & COMPANY, BOSTON.= * * * * * A ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY by ROBERT GRANT Author of "The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl," "An Average Man," "The Knave of Hearts," Etc. Boston Ticknor and Company 1886 Copyright, 1886, by Ticknor and Company. All rights reserved. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. CONTENTS BOOK PAGE I. Innocence. 7 II. Sophistication. 71 III. (Un)common Sense. 221 BOOK I. INNOCENCE. I.