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Fresh Leaves

by Fanny Fern

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Author
Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872
Credits
Produced by Fay Dunn, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
American essays -- 19th century
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45172
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45172
Release Date
March 18, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FRESH LEAVES.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.A BUSINESS MAN’S HOME; OR, A STORY FOR HUSBANDS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI.
  5. 5.VISITING AND VISITORS.
  6. 6.OUR FIRST NURSE.
  7. 7.THE SHADOW OF A GREAT ROCK IN A WEARY LAND.
  8. 8.TO LITERARY ASPIRANTS.
  9. 9.SUMMER TRAVEL.
  10. 10.A GENTLE HINT.
  11. 11.A STORY FOR OLD HUSBANDS WITH YOUNG WIVES.
  12. 12.BREAKFAST AT THE PAXES’.
  13. 13.GIRLS’ BOARDING-SCHOOLS.
  14. 14.CLOSET MEDITATIONS, NOT FOUND IN JAY OR DODDRIDGE.
  15. 15.A FEMININE VIEW OF NAPOLEON AS A HUSBAND.
  16. 16.“FIRST PURE.”
  17. 17.HOLIDAY THOUGHTS.
  18. 18.A HEADACHE.
  19. 19.HAS A MOTHER A RIGHT TO HER CHILDREN?
  20. 20.“AND YE SHALL CALL THE SABBATH A DELIGHT.”
  21. 21.“COME ON, MACDUFF.”
  22. 22.LOOK ALOFT.
  23. 23.KNICKERBOCKER AND TRI-MOUNTAIN.
  24. 24.THE BOSTON WOMAN.
  25. 25.THE NEW YORK MALE.
  26. 26.THE BOSTON MALE.
  27. 27.MY OLD INK-STAND AND I; OR, THE FIRST ARTICLE IN THE NEW HOUSE.
  28. 28.THE SOUL—AND THE STOMACH.
  29. 29.AWE-FUL THOUGHTS.
  30. 30.A WORD TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
  31. 31.LADY DOCTORS.
  32. 32.THE CHERUB IN THE OMNIBUS.
  33. 33.FANNY FORD. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV. — CHAPTER XV. — CHAPTER XVI. — CHAPTER XVII. — CHAPTER XVIII. — CHAPTER XIX. — CHAPTER XX. — CHAPTER XXI. — CHAPTER XXII.
  34. 34.MORAL MOLASSES; OR, TOO SWEET BY HALF.
  35. 35.A WORD TO SHOP-KEEPERS.
  36. 36.A MUCH-NEEDED KIND OF MINISTER’S WIFE; OR, A HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE FOR SOME PARISH.
  37. 37.PARENT AND CHILD; OR, WHICH SHALL RULE.
  38. 38.THE LAST BACHELOR HOURS OF TOM PAX. — TOM PAX’S LAST BACHELOR WILL AND TESTAMENT.
  39. 39.TOM PAX’S CONJUGAL SOLILOQUY.
  40. 40.TEA AND DARNING NEEDLES “FOR TWO!”
  41. 41.A HOUSE WITHOUT A BABY.
  42. 42.GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER ONE.
  43. 43.GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER TWO.
  44. 44.GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER THREE.
  45. 45.GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER FOUR.
  46. 46.IN THE DUMPS.
  47. 47.PEEPS FROM UNDER A PARASOL.
  48. 48.THE CONFESSION BOX.
  49. 49.A WORD TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
  50. 50.BREAKFAST.
  51. 51.GREENWOOD AND MOUNT AUBURN.
  52. 52.GETTING UP THE WRONG WAY.
  53. 53.A HOT DAY.
  54. 54.FUNERAL NOTES.
  55. 55.THE “FAVORITE” CHILD.
  56. 56.A QUESTION, AND ITS ANSWER.
  57. 57.WINTER.
  58. 58.A GAUNTLET FOR THE MEN.
  59. 59.SOLILOQUY OF A LITERARY HOUSEKEEPER.
  60. 60.A BREAKFAST-TABLE REVERIE.
  61. 61.A GLANCE AT A CHAMELEON SUBJECT.
  62. 62.FACTS FOR UNJUST CRITICS.
  63. 63.TRY AGAIN.
  64. 64.FAIR PLAY. OR, BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
  65. 65.TO GENTLEMEN. A CALL TO BE A HUSBAND.
  66. 66.TO THE LADIES. A CALL TO BE A WIFE.
  67. 67.MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
  68. 68.A SABLE SUBJECT.
  69. 69.NEW YORK.
  70. 70.AIRY COSTUMES.
  71. 71.A PEEP AT THE OPERA.
  72. 72.HARD TIMES.
  73. 73.COUNTER IRRITATION.
  74. 74.SUNDAY IN GOTHAM.
  75. 75.ANNIVERSARY TIME. MR. GOUGH AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
  76. 76.WAYSIDE WORDS.
  77. 77.CHARLOTTE BRONTE.
  78. 78.Transcriber’s Notes:

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