The Peak in Darien, With Some Other Inquiries Touching Concerns of the Soul and the Body An Octave of Essays

[Illustration: FRANCES POWER COBBE. _From “Life of Frances Power Cobbe.” By Herself._] THE PEAK IN DARIEN, WITH SOME OTHER INQUIRIES TOUCHING CONCERNS OF THE SOUL AND THE BODY. AN OCTAVE OF ESSAYS BY FRANCES POWER COBBE. “Das Leben ist der Güter höchstes nicht; Der Uebel grösstes aber ist die Schuld.” _Die Braut von Messina._ BOSTON: GEO. H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET. LONDON: WILLIAMS & NORGATE. 1882. PREFACE. My last little book, _Lectures on the Duties of Women_, was addressed principally to the young of my own sex. The present volume is intended for my contemporaries who are daily brought face to face with some of the darker problems of the time, or are led by their advancing years to po…

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