. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ers,comparatively low positionassigned to women, partlyto the meagre income whichoften accompanies highereducation and station, andpartly to a determination toget at the kernel of things, and not be content with husks and a German who is well-bred and well-educated is one of the mostdelightful companions in existence—considerate, courteous, natural, un-exacting, si
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ers,comparatively low positionassigned to women, partlyto the meagre income whichoften accompanies highereducation and station, andpartly to a determination toget at the kernel of things, and not be content with husks and a German who is well-bred and well-educated is one of the mostdelightful companions in existence—considerate, courteous, natural, un-exacting, simple-hearted, helpful, unobtrusive with his knowledge, heraises ones faith in human nature, as every true gentleman does. But women must be more highly regarded before the German nationcan rise further. At present they are almost exclusively left to house- GERMAN PEASANTS OF ALTENBURO. I ii8 THE INHABITANTS OF EUROPE. hold management; and even in that their scope is limited by the exact-German ing demands of the men. The wife and daughters are verywomen. ^-^^^ ^q j^g valued most according to their expertuess as domestic servants. Even their greatest men have not been exempt from this view. And marriage is not as. FRISIAN WOMAN, LANGENES8 ISLAND, SCHLKSWia. rinffs sacred with them as it shouldbe; divorce is too easy, andthe proportion of illegitimatebirths is very large. In youththe sexes are not permitted toSeparation mingle natm^ahy inof sexes. \^q family circle andin society; and the consequenceis, that stolen interviews havean enormous charm. At thecoffee parties, which representour afternoon teas, it israrely that a man is present;and the talk is more trivial andunelevating than in the mostgossiping circle of an Enghshcountry town. But it is certain that Ger-man women have many vir-tues. They are excellent, ifnot always tidy, do most laboriously con-coct the dishes in which theirspouses delight. Toooften they may notmarry before they have reachedan age w
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