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Earth's noblest thing, Lowell. A necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill, St. Chrysostom.
IN THE TIME OF
Every phase of woman's work, achievements, follies, wisdom, influence, power, has been written, but woman has had to wait until this twentieth century before man has dared to devote a monumental encyclopedic work just to her. New York Herald.
woman was a mere chattel — when Nineveh was besieged and he saw that it must fall he collected his wives and treasures and burned them with himself in his palace. Since then the status of woman has varied greatly; at times man bought and sold her; under the Caesars she was his equal before the law. Christianity did much to emancipate women; it has remained for twentieth century America to make her a
fetish. To-day she dominates; her preeminence is undisputed. She is the motif of most discussions. Our newspapers, magazines, and novels show how great is the place she occupies in the thoughts of all, and how powerful her influence for good or evil in every relationship of life. Of all subjects that have interested mankind throughout the ages, the greatest of all still — as it was in the Garden of Eden — is
WO MA K
SUPREME MYSTERY. FASC1NA TING,— AND
THE
INTEREST AND SEDUCTIVE,
Yet this great subject has never been adequately treated before as a whole. Now. however, we have
HER STORY IN ALL AGES AND ALL LANDS
never before attempted. It is a historical and descriptive record of woman's place in the world.
Shows us the women of the Orient, of ancient Greece and Rome, of Europe and America in the dark ages and to-day, and of the backward races in the far places and revealing curious social customs. Shows her as she is, noble and true or vicious and false; describes her as helpmate or the toy of man, as wanton and courtesan, saint and priestess; tells of her emancipation, her influence on the human race; in all the complex relations in which she has been conspicuous. All know " : about Cleopatra, but many pages are necessary to make her live before our eyes, to tell the many strange and interesting things about her. And there have been thousands of other women whose stories are just as interesting.
The authors have not hesitated to tell the whole truth. If they show faults, it is to accentuate virtues — if they tell how a Russian countess in winter had water poured over nude girls in orderto provide statues for her gardens, they also tell how Joan of Arc inspired the French. Love, marriage, and divorce are the subjects of many interesting chapters. There are amazing stories of the beautiful hetcera in whose company the philosophers of Athens found solace; we have intimate glimpses of women of the Orient and of women famous as patriots and humanitarians. The A'. Y. Herald calls the makers of these books "The Tiffanys of Publishers." Quality is the dominant note. Sumptuously bound in purple watered-silk finish cloth, full gilt stamping. You will be proud to show them to your friends. Originally published on Japan paper at Si 50.00 per set they are now offered at less than the cost of ordinary novels. These are printed from the same plates and are full size library volumes 8x xiVi inches.