BY

MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, A.M., F.R.S.

AUTHOR OF

PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.

HARTFORD:
PUBLISHED BY SILAS ANDRUS & SON.
1851.

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I.—WHEREIN TWO ANXIOUS PARENTS HOLD A COLLOQUY]
[CHAPTER II.—HOW THE DAUGHTER HAS A HEART; AND, WHAT IS COMMONER, A LOVER]
[CHAPTER III.—PATERNAL AMIABILITIES]
[CHAPTER IV.—EXCUSATORY]
[CHAPTER V.—WHEREIN A WELL-MEANING MOTHER ACTS VERY FOOLISHLY]
[CHAPTER VI.—PLEASANT BROTHER JOHN]
[CHAPTER VII.—PROVIDENCE SEES FIT TO HELP VILLANY]
[CHAPTER VIII.—THE ROGUE'S TRIUMPH]
[CHAPTER IX.—FALSE-WITNESS KILLS A MOTHER, AND WOULD WILLINGLY STARVE A SISTER]
[CHAPTER X.—HOW TO HELP ONE'S SELF]
[CHAPTER XI.—FRAUD CUTS HIS FINGERS WITH HIS OWN EDGED TOOLS]
[CHAPTER XII.—HEART'S-CORE]
[CHAPTER XIII.—HOPE'S BIRTH TO INNOCENCE, AND HOPE'S DEATH TO FRAUD]
[CHAPTER XIV.—PROBABLE RECONCILIATION]
[CHAPTER XV.—THE FATHER FINDS HIS HEART FOR EVER]
[CHAPTER XVI.—A WORD ABOUT ORIGINALITY, AND MOURNING]
[CHAPTER XVII.—THE HOUSE OF FEASTING]
[CHAPTER XVIII.—THE END OF THE HEARTLESS]
[CHAPTER XIX.—WHEREIN MATTERS ARE CONCLUDED]

HEART.