CUPID’S CYCLOPEDIA
CUPID’S
CYCLOPEDIA
Compiled for Daniel Cupid
by Oliver Herford
and John Cecil Clay
Charles Scribner’s Sons
New York : : : : :1910
COPYRIGHT, 1910 BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
To YOU
And all whom YOU love
And all who love YOU
A WORD TO THE WISE
CONTINUE
Authors’ Note
It has long been the belief of the authorsthat Love-making should be includedin the regular curriculum of our schools.It seems to us the most important branchof co-education.
How few of us know how to make loveproperly, and how very few, after makingit, know how to keep it!
So much depends upon the kind of lovewhich is made. There are no artificialmethods of preserving love, but the bestkind will keep forever. Few beginnersknow how to make the lasting kind, andmany, even, of those with vast experienceare still quite clumsy. The only way is tokeep at it.
We hope that this book will fill a long-feltwant. Surely of all long-felt wants thewant of love seems longest.
It is for the earnest student of TrueLove that we have compiled this cyclopedia.
O. Herford
John Cecil Clay
A
A, the first letter, placedby Cupid at the headof his Alphabet, becauseit stands for Amour,Ardor, Art, Affinity,Affection, Adoration,Affability, Angel, etc.;also A is the easiestword to spell, with the exception of I.
The origin of the form of our capitalletter A is supposed to have been anEgyptian symbol (see illustration) representingtwo people engaged in the anc