Index:My Dear Cornelia (1924).pdf

Title	My Dear Cornelia
Author	Stuart Pratt Sherman
Year	1924
Publisher	Atlantic Monthly Press
Location	Boston
Source	pdf
Progress	Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
Transclusion	Fully transcluded

Pages (key to Page Status)

cover — — — half — title coloph note — toc toc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 — — — cover

Contents

Book One: Challenging the Idea of Chastity

		Page
I.	We Discuss the Responsibility of Parents and Critics	3
II.	I Meditate, in Front of a Bookcase, on Scott, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and the Good Victorians	17
III.	H. G. Wells, Galsworthy, May Sinclair, J. D. Beresford	27
IV.	Seven Reasons for Mr. Hergesheimer, D. H. Lawrence, and the Emetic School	35
V.	We Discuss Marriage and the Hope of the Younger Generation	48

Book Two: An Eligible Young Man

I.	Cornelia's Children React to a Suitable Match	61
II.	"Let's Walk"	67
III.	Prerequisites of a Decent Marriage	73
IV.	Cornelia Appreciates Her Husband	80
V.	We Discuss the Inner Life	86
VI.	A Theory of Happiness	91
VII.	The Real Thing	97

Book Three: Treating of Modern Girls

I.	The Education of Daughters	103
II.	Flags of Revolt	118
III.	Bloom	120
IV.	Careers for Women	129

Book Four: Cornelia and Dionysus

I.	Ennui in the Provinces	139
II.	New Year's Eve in New York	150
III.	His Excellency on Economic Necessity	162
IV.	Vernon Willys on Bacchic Ecstasy	171
V.	I Explain the Position of Cæsar's Wives	184
VI.	I Discuss the Ethics of an Automobiling Civilization	203
VII.	The Vengeance of Dionysus	211

Book Five: Approaching Religion and Other Grave Matters

I.	We Meet in Southern California	223
II.	Oliver Junior Discusses His Parents, Their Religion, and His Own	230
III.	Table Talk at Santo Espiritu	245
IV.	A Silence by the Sea	253
V.	Cornelia's Religious Experience	267