Produced by MFR, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. The half title immediately before the title page has been omitted. Italics are represented thus _italic_. THE GOOD ENGLISHWOMAN BY ORLO WILLIAMS, M.C. Author of “Vie de Boheme: A Patch of Romantic Paris,” “The Life and Letters of John Rickman,” etc. LONDON GRANT RICHARDS LTD. ST MARTIN’S STREET MDCCCCXX PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE DUNEDIN PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH TO BETTY WHEN SHE IS OLDER WITH THE SUPERFLUOUS INJUNCTION NOT TO TAKE THIS BOOK TOO SERIOUSLY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE MAN IN THE SIDECAR 9 II. LITTLE GIRLS 29 III. BIG GIRLS 51 IV. THE ENGLISH WIFE 76 V. THE ENGLISH MOTHER 102 VI. THE ENGLISHWOMAN’S MIND 128 VII. THE ENGLISHWOMAN’S MANNERS 145 VIII. THE ENGLISHWOMAN AND THE ARTS 166 IX. THE ENGLISHWOMAN IN SOCIETY 187 X. THE ENGLISHWOMAN AT WORK 204 XI. THE ENGLISHWOMAN AT PLAY 219 XII. THE ENGLISHWOMAN IN PARLIAMENT 234 CHAPTER I A FEW REMARKS FROM THE MAN IN THE SIDECAR