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Presenting in Outline the Comfortable and Well-Regulated Paradox over which She Presides, and showing its Mental Elevation

Setting forth the Untoward Circumstances under which the Right Tale was Unfolded in the Wrong Company

Annotating Sundry Points of Contact found to exist between the Lady and Contemporary Art

Affording a Novel and Subdued Scientific Light, by which divers Venerable Problems may be Observed Afresh

Touching the Experimental Graft of a Utilitarian Spirit upon the Aesthetic Instinct in our Sisters

Relating to Various Phenomena attending the Progress of the Sex along Lines of the Greatest Resistance

Illustrating the operation of Vegetables and Feminine Duplicity upon the Concepts of Maternal Responsibility

Containing Thoughts upon the Great Unknown, to which are added Speculations upon her Hereafter

Glancing at some Modern Aspects of Master John Gutenberg’s ingenious but Over-rated Invention

Detailing certain Prudential Measures taken during the Panic incident to a Late Threatened Invasion

Dealing with the Deceptions of Nature, and the Freedom from, Illusion Inherent in the Unnatural

Suggesting Considerations possibly heretofore Overlooked by Commentators upon the Laws of Property

Narrating the Failure of a Loyal Attempt to Circumvent Adversity by means of Modern Appliances

Introducing Scenes from a Foreign Country, and also conveying Welcome Intelligence, together with some Instruction

Disclosing the Educational Influence exerted by the Essex Coast, and other Matters, including Reasons for Joy

Describing Impressions of a Momentous Interview, loosely gathered by One who, although present, was not quite In it