London: HUTCHINSON & Co., 34, Paternoster Row.

TO

The Loved Memory

OF

MY FATHER.

"An honest man—the noblest work of God."


CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.THE LOVERS[7]
II.THE IDEAL WIFE[19]
III.THE IDEAL HUSBAND[30]
IV.THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIED LIFE[43]
V.THE IDEAL HOME[56]
VI.KEEPING THE HOUSE[64]
VII.THE TRUEST ECONOMY[72]
VIII.ON KEEPING UP APPEARANCES[80]
IX.MOTHERHOOD[90]
X.THE SON IN THE HOME[99]
XI.THE DAUGHTER IN THE HOME[109]
XII.THE EDUCATION OF OUR DAUGHTERS[117]
XIII.THE SERVANT IN THE HOME[128]
XIV.RELIGION IN THE HOME[136]