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Title: The Truth About Woman

Author: C. Gasquoine Hartley

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Language: English

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THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMAN

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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PICTURES IN THE TATE GALLERY
THE PRADO (Spanish Series)
EL GRECO ( " )
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MOORISH CITIES IN SPAIN
THINGS SEEN IN SPAIN
SPAIN REVISITED: A SUMMER HOLIDAY IN GALICIA
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (Mediaeval Towns Series)
CATHEDRALS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SPAIN

THE TRUTH
ABOUT WOMAN

BY

C. GASQUOINE HARTLEY
(MRS. WALTER M. GALLICHAN)

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1914

DEDICATION

TO

LESLIE, MY LITTLE ADOPTED SON

In writing at last this book on Woman, which for so many years
has had a place in my thoughts, one truth has forced itself upon
me: the predominant position of Woman in her natural relation to
the race. The mother is the main stream of the racial life. All
the hope of the future rests upon this faith in motherho