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CONTENTS

[I.]Two Friends
[II.]An Incomplete Madonna
[III.]The Waning of the Honeymoon
[IV.]The Art of Conversation
[V.]An Australian Girl
[VI.]A Day's Shopping
[VII.]Lady Errington's Little Dinner
[VIII.]Eustace Examines His Mind
[IX.]"Oh, Wilt Thou be my Bride, Kathleen?"
[X.]Auf Wiedersehn
[XI.]A Maiden Lady
[XII.]Aunt Jelly's Opinion
[XIII.]Bringing Home The Bride
[XIV.]An Undesirable Acquaintance
[XV.]A Woman Scorned
[XVI.]The Events of Eighteen Months
[XVII.]Gossip
[XVIII.]From Foreign Parts
[XIX.]Aunt Jelly Discusses Family Affairs
[XX.]The Old House by the Sea
[XXI.]From The Husband's Point of View
[XXII.]From the Wife's Point of View
[XXIII.]Mrs. Veilsturm's "At Home"
[XXIV.]"On Revient Tojours à ses Premières Amours"
[XXV.]Fascination
[XXVI.]Aunt Jelly Interferes
[XXVII.]The Deity Called Fate
[XXVIII.]Husband and Wife
[XXIX.]The Question of Marriage
[XXX.]Cleopatra Victrix
[XXXI.]In the Coils of the Serpent
[XXXII.]What Made the Ball sae Fine?
[XXXIII.]Pallida Mors
[XXXIV.]The Assaults of the Evil One
[XXXV.]For my Child's Sake
[XXXVI.]The Death of the First-born
[XXXVII.]The Truth about Mrs. Veilsturm
[XXXVIII.]The Last Temptation
[XXXIX.]"And Kissed again with Tears"
[XL.]A Letter from Home

TO

MY CRITICS,
IN APPRECIATION
OF THE KIND MANNER
IN WHICH THEY HAVE REVIEWED
MY FORMER BOOKS,
I DEDICATE
THIS WORK.

If marriages are made above,

They're oft unmade by man below,

There should be trust, and joy, and love,

If marriages are made above;

But should Heav'n mate a hawk and dove,

Such match unequal breeds but woe,