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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IXI. Page
Education of young women in the United States 237
CHAPTER X.
The young woman in the character of a wife 240
CHAPTER XI.
That the equality of conditions contributes to the maintenance of good morals in America 243
CHAPTER XII.
How the Americans understand the equality of the sexes 251
CHAPTER XIII.
That the principle of equality naturally divides the Americans into a number of small private circles 256
CHAPTER XIV.
Some reflections on American manners 259
CHAPTER XV.
Of the gravity of the Americans, and why it does not prevent them from often committing inconsiderate actions 264
CHAPTER XVI.
Why the national vanity of the Americans is more restless and captious than that of the English 268
CHAPTER XVII.
That the aspect of society in the United States is at once excited and monotonous 271
CHAPTER XVIII.
Of honour in the United States and in democratic communities 274
CHAPTER XIX.
Why so many ambitious men, and so little lofty ambition, are to be found in the United States 290