SETH’S BROTHER’S WIFE

A Study Of Life In The Greater New York

By Harold Frederic

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons

1887

TO

MY MOTHER


CONTENTS

[ SETH’S BROTHER’S WIFE. ]

[ CHAPTER I.—THE HIRED FOLK. ]

[ CHAPTER II.—THE STORY OF LEMUEL. ]

[ CHAPTER III.—AUNT SABRINA. ]

[ CHAPTER IV.—THE TWO YOUNG WOMEN. ]

[ CHAPTER V.—THE FUNERAL. ]

[ CHAPTER VI.—IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY. ]

[ CHAPTER VII.—THE THREE BROTHERS. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII.—ALBERT’S PLANS. ]

[ CHAPTER IX.—AT “M’TILDY’s” BEDSIDE. ]

[ CHAPTER X.—THE FISHING PARTY. ]

[ CHAPTER XI.—ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE WORLD. ]

[ CHAPTER XII.—THE SANCTUM. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII.—THIRTEEN MONTHS OF IT. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV.—BACK ON THE FARM. ]

[ CHAPTER XV.—MR. RICHARD ANSDELL. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI.—DEAR ISABEL. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII.—AN UPWARD LEAP. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII.—BOLTING THE TICKET. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX.—THE WELCOME. ]

[ CHAPTER XX.—THE NIGHT: THE BROTHERS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI.—THE NIGHT: MASTER AND MAN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXII.—THE NIGHT: THE LOVERS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII.—THE CONVENTION: THE BOSS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV.—THE CONVENTION: THE NEWS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXV.—“YOU THOUGHT I DID IT!” ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI.—THE CORONER. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII.—ANNIE AND ISABEL. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII.—BETWEEN THE BREAD-PAN AND THE CHURN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX.—THE BOSS LOOKS INTO THE MATTER. ]

[ CHAPTER XXX.—JOHN’S DELICATE MISSION. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI.—MILTON’S ASPIRATIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII.—“A WICKED WOMAN!” ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE SHERIFF ASSISTS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIV.—AT “M’TILDY’S” BEDSIDE AGAIN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXV.—“SUCH WOMEN ARE!” ]