PREFACE. THE following lectures were given to young women, in the Anthon Memorial Church, on successive Sunday evenings of the winter of 78-79. Their aim was to guide the aspirations of womanhood for a larger and worthier life-work in the world, by ennobling the ideals of the vocations which call upon woman's distinctive powers. They are now given to the wider public in the hope that, beyond the reach of the spoken word, they may help some little towards the developement of the Coming Woman. R. H. N. NEW YORK, October 31. 1880. CONTENTS. |