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IX. ADVICE ON LETTER-POSTING 229 X. ON PARASITES 232 XI. ADVICE-GIVING 234 XII. ON HOLIDAYS 237 XIII. EXTRACTS FROM THE DICTIONARY OF A CYNIC 240 XIV. VARIOUS CRITICISMS ON CREATION 243 XV. THE HUMOURS OF THE INCOME-TAX 246 XVI. HOW TO BE ENTERTAINING 250 XVII. WHAT IS GENIUS? 253 XVIII. NEW AND PIQUANT CRITICISM 256 XIX. ORIGINALITY IN LITERATURE 259 XX. PLAGIARISM 262 XXI. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND REMINISCENCES 266 XXII. THOUGHTS ON HATS 270 XXIII. THOUGHTS ON EYE-GLASSES 273 XXIV. THOUGHTS ON UMBRELLAS 277 XXV. SOME AMERICAN TOPICS 280 XXVI. SOME AMERICANS I OBJECT TO 283 XXVII. PATIENCE—AN AMERICAN TRAIT 286 XXVIII. AMERICAN FEELINGS FOR FOREIGNERS 289 XXIX. SHOULD YOUNG GIRLS READ NOVELS? 292 XXX. NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH FATHER? 295

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PART I

RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND

CHAPTER I

THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN GENERAL

Cupid will cause men to do many things; so will cupidity.

I like economy too much as a virtue not to loathe it when it becomes a vice.

Many virtues, when carried too far, become vices.

Envy is a vice which does not pay. If you let your envy be apparent, you advertise your failure.

Nothing is less common than common-sense.

Whenever you can, pay cash for what you buy. A bill owing is like port wine—it generally improves by keeping.

There are people whose signature has no more significance at the end of a letter of insults than it has value at the bottom of a cheque.

The hardest thing to do in life is to make a living dishonestly for any length of time.

The harm that