title: The Way of a Virgin
author: Brovan, L.; Brovan, C.
description: The Way of a Virgin:
   Being Excerpts from Rare, Curious and Diverting Books, Some Now for the First Time Done into English: To which Are Added Copious Explanatory Notes and Bibliographical References of Interest to Student, Collector and Psychologist : The Whole Introduced, Compiled and Edited By L. and C. Brovan.
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   From the introductory.
   IN devoting a volume to the romance and folk-lore of Virginity, it may not be inappropriate first to examine the psychology of a word and a quality as magical as they are misused.
   What is virginity? Is it the possession intact of that delicate piece of membrane, the poets'
  'flos virginitatis'
   or is it some indescribable, intangible attribute in on sense dependent on physical perfection? Does it imply abstention from and ignorance of all sexual pleasures, or must it be a chastity which falls little short of stupid, even criminal, innocence?