BOOK 5.

XXXVI. IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS

XXXVII. AN EXHIBITION OF SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE STRICKEN LADY

XXXVIII. CONVALESCENCE OF A HEALTHY MIND DISTRAUGHT

XXXIX. OF NATURE WITH ONE OF HER CULTIVATED DAUGHTERS AND A SHORT

EXCURSION IN ANTI-CLIMAX

XL. IN WHICH WE SEE NATURE MAKING OF A WOMAN A MAID AGAIN, AND A

THRICE WHIMSICAL

XLI. CONTAINS A REVELATION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TIGRESS IN DIANA

XLII. THE PENULTIMATE : SHOWING A FINAL STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND RUN

INTO HARNESS

XLIII. NUPTIAL CHAPTER: AND OF HOW A BARELY WILLING WOMAN WAS LED TO

BLOOM WITH NUPTIAL SENTIMENT

A lady of high distinction for wit and beauty,

the daughter of an illustrious Irish House,

came under the shadow of a calumny. It has

latterly been examined and exposed as baseless.

The story of Diana of the Crossways is to be read

as fiction.