CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
Introduction vii

Part I
PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
I Positiveness—The Saying of “Yea” to Life 3
II The Subject Treated Generally 24
III Woman and her Unconscious Impulses 37
IV The Positive Man and the Positive Woman 54
V Virgin Love in the Positive Man and the Positive Girl 80
VI The Positive English Girl 104

Part II
INFERENCES FROM PART I
VII The Marriage of the Positive Girl and the Positive Man 125
VIII Breaches of the Marriage Contract and Divorce 178
IX The Old Maid and her Relation to Society 229
X The Virtues and Vices of Women 280
XI Women in Art, Philosophy and Science. The Outlook. Conclusion 346
Index 369