Author |
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 |
Title |
Bits about Home Matters
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Contents |
The inhumanities of parents: corporal punishment -- The inhumanities of parents: needless denials -- The inhumanities of parents: rudeness -- Breaking the will -- The reign of Archelaus -- The awkward age -- A day with a courteous mother -- Children in Nova Scotia -- The republic of the family -- The ready-to-halts -- The descendants of Nabal -- "Boys not allowed" -- Half an hour in a railway station -- A genius for affection -- Rainy days -- Friends of the prisoners -- A companion for the winter -- Choice of colors -- The apostle of beauty -- English lodging-houses -- Wet the clay -- The king's friend -- Learning to speak -- Private tyrants -- Margin -- The fine art of smiling -- Death-bed repentance -- The correlation of moral forces -- A simple bill of fare for a Christmas dinner -- Children's parties -- After-supper talk -- Hysteria in literature -- Jog trot -- The joyless American -- Spiritual teething -- Glass houses -- The old-clothes monger in journalism -- The country landlord's side -- The good staff of pleasure -- Wanted: a home.
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Credits |
Produced by Distributed Proofreaders
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
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Subject |
Home
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
10516 |
Release Date |
Dec 1, 2003 |
Most Recently Updated |
Dec 19, 2020 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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