THE

HISTORY

OF THE

CONDITION OF WOMEN,

IN VARIOUS AGES AND NATIONS.

BY

MRS. D. L. CHILD,

AUTHOR OF "MOTHER'S BOOK,"
""FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE,"

ETC.

I am a slave, a favored slave

At best, to share his splendor, and seem very blest;
When weary of these fleeting charms and me,

There yawns the sack, and yonder rolls the sea.

What! am I then a toy for dotard's play,

To wear but till the gilding frets away 7-Byron's Corsair.

VOL. I.

COMPRISING THE WOMEN OF ASIA AND AFRICA.

THIRD EDITION.

BOSTON :

OTIS, BROADERS & CO.

1840.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by

JOHN ALLEN & CO.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

BOSTON:

STEREOTYPED BY SHEPARD, OLIVER AND CO.
No. 3 Water Street.