Twin-Mountain House, N.H.
October, 1871.
CONTENTS:
| Page | ||
| I. | The Author Defines his Position | [1] |
| II. | My Child-Wife | [5] |
| III. | Our Child-Eden | [17] |
| IV. | My Shadow-Wife | [32] |
| V. | I Start for College | [43] |
| VI. | My Dream-Wife | [52] |
| VII. | The Valley of Humiliation | [66] |
| VIII. | The Blue Mists | [76] |
| IX. | An Outlook into Life | [84] |
| X. | Cousin Caroline | [99] |
| XI. | Why Don't You Take Her? | [113] |
| XII. | I Lay the First Stone in my Foundation | [126] |
| XIII. | Bachelor Chambers | [136] |
| XIV. | Haps and Mishaps | [144] |
| XV. | I Meet a Vision | [154] |
| XVI. | The Girl of our Period | [166] |
| XVII. | I am Introduced into Society | [182] |
| XVIII. | The Young Lady Philosopher | [193] |
| XIX. | Flirtation | [204] |
| XX. | I Became a Family Friend | [216] |
| XXI. | I Discover the Beauties of Friendship | [226] |
| XXII. | I am Introduced to the Illuminati | [234] |
| XXIII. | I Receive a Moral Shower-Bath | [240] |
| XXIV. | Aunt Maria | [247] |
| XXV. | A Discussion of the Women Question | [257] |
| XXVI. | Cousin Caroline Again | [272] |
| XXVII. | Easter Lilies | [280] |
| XXVIII. | Enchantment and Disenchantment | [290] |
| XXIX. | A New Opening | [307] |
| XXX. | Perturbations | [319] |
| XXXI. | The Fates | [327] |
| XXXII. | The Game of Croquet | [336] |
| XXXIII. | The Match Game | [345] |
| XXXIV. | Letter from Eva van Arsdel | [351] |
| XXXV. | Domestic Consultations | [360] |
| XXXVI. | Wealth versus Love | [366] |
| XXXVII. | Further Consultations | [373] |
| XXXVIII. | Making Love to One's Father-in-Law | [379] |
| XXXIX. | Accepted and Engaged | [388] |
| XL. | Congratulations, etc. | [396] |
| XLI. | The Explosion | [401] |
| XLII. | The Talk Over the Prayer Book | [409] |
| XLIII. | Bolton | [417] |
| XLIV. | The Wedding Journey | [421] |
| XLV. | My Wife's Wardrobe | [429] |
| XLVI. | Letters from New York | [435] |
| XLVII. | Aunt Maria's Dictum | [441] |
| XLVIII. | Our House | [448] |
| XLIX. | Picnicking in New York | [453] |
| L. | Neighbors | [458] |
| LI. | My Wife Projects Hospitalities | [464] |
| LII. | Preparations for our Dinner Party | [468] |
| LIII. | The House-Warming | [471] |
ILLUSTRATIONS:
| I. | The Match Game | [Frontispiece.] |
| II. | My Child-Wife | [5] |
| III. | Matrimonial Propositions | [15] |
| IV. | Uncle Jacob's Advice | [47] |
| V. | My Dream-Wife | [64] |
| VI. | The Umbrella | [159] |
| VII. | The Advanced Woman of the Period | [240] |
| VIII. | Bolton's Asylum | [275] |
CHAPTER I.
THE AUTHOR DEFINES HIS POSITION.