The Friendships of Women

The principle and sentiment of friendship deserve a much larger share of the attention given alike in the life and the literature of our time to the passion of love. One would infer from most of the popular writings of the day that love is the only emotion worthy of notice. But surely there are in human nature other feelings which demand far more culture than they generally receive feelings which really play an important part in human life and which ought to play a still more important part. (Excerpt from Introduction)