Womanhood: Causes of Its Premature Decline, Respectfully Illustrated

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In surveying this beantiful structure, com plicated as it is mysterious, designed in the order of inatnre for acontinuoust'ransmission 05 our species to new generations,'we see thefemaleform mane tied in health and youthful beauty, teeming With mirth, intelligence and' loveliness, at one moment; at another, we see the same form racked with the most excruciating tortures, groaningwith the_bitter est anguish, horror-striker), and distracted, sinking and faint from the lessor. Blood iatfanother moment, we behold her opening her boson}, treasuredwit'h nutritioirand comfort to her offspring in all the dim pied loveliness of innocence and infancy, her eye, beaming with kindness,_ watching the little stranger with solicitude, assiduity, and delight; at another time, we seeher pale, emaciated, languid, and fee hle, debilitated, restless, and sickly, withering na der the blast of wasting disease; like the vegetable kingdom, fromiwhich the frost has Just swept the bloom of health and verdure, she is gone - the litti group is motherless.