CONTENTS

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Maids and Bachelors[1]
The American Girl[13]
Dangerous Letter-Writing[23]
Flirts and Flirtation[32]
On Falling in Love[38]
Engaged To Be Married[47]
Shall our Daughters have Dowries?[56]
The Ring Upon the Finger[67]
Flirting Wives[73]
Mothers-in-Law[86]
Good and Bad Mothers[97]
Unequal Marriages[114]
Discontented Women[125]
Women on Horseback[145]
A Good Word for Xanthippe[155]
The Favorites of Men[160]
Mothers of Great and Good Men[170]
Domestic Work for Women[175]
Professional Work for Women[187]
Little Children[200]
On Naming Children[205]
The Children’s Table[217]
Intellectual “Cramming” of Boys[225]
The Servant-Girl’s Point of View[231]
Extravagance[240]
Ought we to Wear Mourning?[248]
How To Have One’s Portrait Taken[254]
The Crown of Beauty[272]
Waste of Vitality[281]
A Little Matter of Money[288]
Mission of Household Furniture[293]
People Who Have Good Impulses[302]
Worried to Death[307]
The Grapes We Can’t Reach[313]
Burdens[319]

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