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The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century
1903
Ninon de l'Enclos as a Standard
Considered as a Parallel
Youth of Ninon de l'Enclos
The Morals of the Period
Ninon and Count de Coligny
The "Birds" of the Tournelles
Effect of Her Mother's Death
Her Increasing Popularity
Ninon's Friendships
Some of Ninon's Lovers
Ninon's Lovers (Continued)
The Villarceaux Affair
The Marquis de Sévigné
A Family Tragedy
Ninon's Bohemian Environments
A Remarkable Old Age
INTRODUCTION TO LETTERS
I—A Hazardous Undertaking
II—Why Love Is Dangerous
III—Why Love Grows Cold
IV—The Spice of Love
V—Love and Temper
VI—Certain Maxims Concerning Love
VII—Women Expect a Quid Pro Quo from Men
VIII—The Necessity for Love and Its Primitive Cause
IX—Love Is a Natural Inclination
X—The Sensation of Love Forms a Large Part of a Woman's Nature
XI—The Distinction Between Love and Friendship
XII—A Man in Love Is an Amusing Spectacle
XIII—Vanity Is a Fertile Soil for Love
XIV—Worth and Merit Are Not Considered in Love
XV—The Hidden Motives of Love
XVI—How to Be Victorious in Love
XVII—Women Understand the Difference Between Real Love and Flirtation
XVIII—When a Woman Is Loved She Need Not Be Told of It
XIX—Why a Lover's Vows Are Untrustworthy
XX—The Half-way House to Love
XXI—The Comedy of Contrariness
XXII—Vanity and Self-Esteem Obstacles to Love
XXIII—Two Irreconcilable Passions in Woman
XXIV—An Abuse of Credulity Is Intolerable
XXV—Why Virtue Is So Often Overcome
XXVI—Love Demands Freedom of Action
XXVII—The Heart Needs Constant Employment
XXVIII—Mere Beauty Is Often of Trifling Importance
XXIX—The Misfortune of Too Sudden an Avowal
XXX—When Resistance is Only a Pretence
XXXI—The Opinion and Advice of Monsieur de la Sablière
XXXII—The Advantages of a Knowledge of the Heart
XXXIII—A Heart Once Wounded No Longer Plays with Love
XXXIV—Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
XXXV—The Heart Should Be Played Upon Like the Keys of a Piano
XXXVI—Mistaken Impressions Common to All Women
XXXVII—The Allurements of Stage Women
XXXVIII—Varieties of Resis