REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR GIRL
Book Details + Condition: Dodge Publishing Company (New York). First Edition, 1909. Hardcover. 120 pages. Illustrated. A collection of humorous witticisms focusing on relationships and marriage, from a late Victorian woman's perspective. Some of the witty anecdotes include:
- "A man buttons a woman's dress up the back with almost the same grace and alacrity that a woman displays in climbing a barber wire fence."
- "'Just once more' is the Devils best argument."
- "The only way to be happy with a husband is to learn to be happy without him most of the time."
- "A wise lover, like a good cook, is one who knowns when the fire is out."
- "Remorse is the feeling a man has when the bottle is empty or he has tired of the girl."
- "A man's ideal is the one he could not get."
- "Husbands are like pictures in the anti-fat advertisements - so different before and after taking."
- "A good lie in time saves nine poor ones in the morning."
- "A girl loves to spell her soul out on paper, but a man can't see the use of writing a love-letter when he can compress his whole passion into one paragraph on a postcard."
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with discoloration and mottling present; interior is clean and free of markings.
