THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD ETC. VOL. II. [REPRINTED, _by permission, from the_ SATURDAY REVIEW] THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD AND OTHER Social Essays BY E. LYNN LINTON AUTHOR OF 'THE ATONEMENT OF LEAM DUNDAS' 'UNDER WHICH LORD?' 'THE REBEL OF THE FAMILY' 'IONE' ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. [Illustration:] LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1883 [_All rights reserved_] LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. PAGE GUSHING MEN 1 SWEET SEVENTEEN 9 THE HABIT OF FEAR 19 OLD LADIES 28 VOICES 37 BURNT FINGERS 46 DÉSOEUVREMENT 55 THE SHRIEKING SISTERHOOD 64 OTHERWISE-MINDED 72 LIMP PEOPLE 82 THE ART OF RETICENCE 91 MEN'S FAVOURITES 100 WOMANLINESS 109 SOMETHING TO WORRY 119 SWEETS OF MARRIED LIFE 127 SOCIAL NOMADS 136 GREAT GIRLS 145 SHUNTED DOWAGERS 155 PRIVILEGED PERSONS 164 MODERN MAN-HATERS 173 VAGUE PEOPLE 181 ARCADIA 190 STRANGERS AT CHURCH 199 IN SICKNESS 208 ON A VISIT 217 DRAWING-ROOM EPIPHYTES 227 THE EPICENE SEX 235 WOMEN'S MEN 243 HOTEL LIFE IN ENGLAND 252 OUR MASKS 261 HEROES AT HOME 268 SEINE-FISHING 276 THE DISCONTENTED WOMAN 285 ENGLISH CLERGYMEN IN FOREIGN WATERING-PLACES 293 OLD FRIENDS 302 POPULAR WOMEN 310 CHOOSING OR FINDING 319 LOCAL FÊTES 327 ESSAYS UPON SOCIAL SUBJECTS. _GUSHING MEN._