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Title: The Old Maids' Club

Author: Israel Zangwill

Release Date: May 10, 2014 [eBook #45623]

Language: English

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THE
OLD MAIDS' CLUB

THE

OLD MAIDS' CLUB

BY

I. ZANGWILL

AUTHOR OF

"THE BACHELOR'S CLUB," "THE BIG BOW MYSTERY," ETC.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

F. H. TOWNSEND

NEW YORK

TAIT, SONS & COMPANY

Union Square

Copyright, 1892,

by

UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY,

[All rights reserved.]

INTRODUCTION.

The Reader My Book.

My Book The Reader.

CONTENTS.

chapter. Page.

• The Algebra of Love, Plus other Things 9
• The Honorary Trier 19
• The Man in the Ironed Mask 27
• The Club gets Advertised 43
• The Princess of Portman Square 50
• The Grammar of Love 86
• The Idyl of Trepolpen 98
• More about the Cherub 125
• Of Wives and their Mistresses 133
• The Good Young Men who Lived 147
• Adventures in Search of the Pole 161
• The Arithmetic and Physiology of Love 188
• The English Shakespeare 198
• The Old Young Woman and the New 224
• The Mysterious Advertiser 244
• The Club Becomes Popular 264
• A Musical Bar 277
• The Beautiful Ghoul 291
• La Femme Incomprise 308
• The Inaugural Soiree 319

THE OLD MAIDS' CLUB.

CHAPTER I.

THE ALGEBRA OF LOVE, PLUS OTHER THINGS.

The Old Maids' Club was founded by Lillie Dulcimer