SUBJECT TO VANITY
SUBJECT TO VANITY
Τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη, οὐχ ἑκοῡσα ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸνὑποτάξαντα, ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ὅτι καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ κτίσις ἐλευθερωθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆςδουλείας τῆς φθορᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τῆς δόξης τῶν τέκνων τοῦ θεοῦ.
SUBJECT TO VANITY
BY
MARGARET BENSON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONSBY THE AUTHOR
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD, & COMPANY
1895
TOOUR BETH
IN LOVE AND GRATITUDE
FOR
LIFELONG LOVE
AND CARE
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| I. | APOLOGIA PRO FELE MEA | 9 |
| II. | CLANDESTINE CORRESPONDENCE | 31 |
| III. | IN THE BOSOM OF THE FAMILY | 41 |
| IV. | CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE | 51 |
| V. | THE DESERTED LOVER | 65 |
| VI. | JACK | 75 |
| VII. | A REGULAR FLIRT | 89 |
| VIII. | A FAITHFUL FRIEND | 97 |
| IX. | KIDS OF THE GOATS | 111 |
| X. | COMMUNITY LIFE | 123 |
| XI. | FINISHED SOLOMON | 135 |
I
APOLOGIA PRO FELE MEA
WHY were cats created? I do not mean this as a sceptical question,doubtful of any end in their creation; no answer about adaptation andenvironment would be adequate, nor any statement of specific use. Forwith all the higher animals—that is to say, with all the animals oneintimately knows—there is some beauty of intelligence, physique, orcharacter which renders them, as one must necessarily believe theyare, ends in themselves, not only means to the perfection of our veryegotistic species. The dog, for instance, has at anyrate mora