LADIES' FAMILY LIBRARY.

VOLUME IV.

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THE

HISTORY

OF THE

CONDITION OF WOMEN,

IN VARIOUS AGES AND NATIONS.

BY

MRS. D. L. CHILD,

1

AUTHOR OF "MOTHER'S BOOK," "FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE," ETC.

I am a slave, a favored slave

At best, to share his splendor, and seem very blest;
When weary of these fleeting charms and me,
There yawns the sack, and yonder rolls the sea.
What! am I then a toy for dotard's play,
To wear but till the gilding frets away?-Byron's Corsair

VOL. I. omg

COMPRISING THE WOMEN OF ASIA AND AFRICA.

BOSTON:

JOHN ALLEN & CO.

1835.

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