LETTERS
TO A
DAUGHTER
Third and Popular Edition
LETTERS
TO A DAUGHTER
BY
HUBERT BLAND
(“Hubert” of the “Sunday Chronicle”)
Author of “With the Eyes of a Man”
T. WERNER LAURIE
CLIFFORD’S INN
LONDON
TO
ROSAMUND
“More dear to me than are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart.”
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| ON LIFE AT LARGE | 1 |
| ON GOING TO CHURCH | 15 |
| ON BEING DELIGHTFUL | 27 |
| THE GLAMOUR OF THE FOOTLIGHTS | 39 |
| THE RUDENESS OF WOMEN | 51 |
| DRESS AND FASHION | 65 |
| A MORAL QUESTION | 79 |
| THE LIMITS OF FLIRTATION | 91 |
| MEN’S LOVE | 107 |
| THE MAN’S POINT OF VIEW | 121 |
| THE DOMESTIC HEARTH | 135 |
| THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE | 149 |
| THE RIGHT SORT OF MAN | 163 |
| MODERN MARRIAGE | 179 |
| THE SUBTLE SOMETHING | 195 |
Oct. 17, 19—.
My dear Alexa,—
You asked me to write to youwhile you were away—“long letters,” yousaid; and the request set me wondering alittle. I think I understand now. Comprehensioncame to me in a flash as I was stroppingmy razor this morning: the sharpeni
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