MAIDS WIVES AND BACHELORS

by
AMELIA E. BARR

Author of “Jan Vedder’s Wife,” “A Bow of Orange Ribbon,” etc.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1898

Copyright, 1898,
By Dodd, Mead and Company

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.

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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]

CONTENTS