The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

To elope is cowardly; it is running away from danger; and danger has become so rare in modern life

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.

the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.