THE interest my family and friends have always manifested in the narration of my early and varied experiences, and their earnest desire to have them in permanent form for the amusement of another generation, moved me to publish this volume. I am fully aware that its contents have no especial artistic merit, being composed partly of extracts from my diary, a few hasty sketches of my travels and people I have met, and of my opinions on many social questions.
The story of my private life as the wife of an earnest reformer, as an enthusiastic housekeeper, proud of my skill in every department of domestic economy, and as the mother of seven children, may amuse and benefit the reader.
The incidents of my public career as a leader in the most momentous reform yet launched upon the world-the emancipation of woman-will be found in "The History of Woman Suffrage."
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
NEW YORK CITY, September, 1897.
