ADVERTISEMENT.
When I began to write this work, I divided it into three parts, supposing that
one volume would contain a full discussion of the arguments which seemed
to me to rise naturally from a few simple principles; but fresh illustrations
ocurring as I advanced, I now present only the fi rst part to the public.
Many subjects, however, which I have cursorily alluded to, call for par-
ticular investigation, especially the laws relative to women, and the con-
sideration of their peculiar duties. These will furnish ample matter for a
second volume, which in due time will be published, to elucidate some of
the sentiments, and complete many of the sketches begun in the fi rst.