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Ginger-snaps

by Fanny Fern

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Author
Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872
Title
Ginger-Snaps
Credits
Produced by sp1nd, Matthew Wheaton 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
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eBook-No.
40504
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40504
Release Date
August 14, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.GINGER-SNAPS.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.DINNER-PARTIES.
  5. 5.THE BRIDE'S NEW HOUSE.
  6. 6.THE HAPPY LOT OF A SEXTON.
  7. 7.LITERARY ASPIRANTS.
  8. 8.WHAT SHALL WE DO FOR THE LITTLE CHILDREN ON SUNDAY?
  9. 9.MY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
  10. 10.WHY WEAR MOURNING?
  11. 11." DELIGHTFUL MEN. "
  12. 12.CHOOSING PRESENTS.
  13. 13.A BID FOR AN EDITORSHIP.
  14. 14.A SERMON TO PLYMOUTH PULPIT.
  15. 15.FEMALE CLERKS.
  16. 16.BLUE MONDAY.
  17. 17.THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT.
  18. 18.WOMAN'S MILLENNIUM.
  19. 19.ENGLISH NOTIONS ABOUT WOMEN.
  20. 20.RAG-TAG AND BOB-TAIL FASHIONS.
  21. 21.SOME HINTS TO EDITORS.
  22. 22.HELP FOR THE HELPFUL.
  23. 23.WOMEN ON THE PLATFORM.
  24. 24.POVERTY AND INDEPENDENCE.
  25. 25.THE HISTORY OF OUR LATE WAR.
  26. 26.TWO KINDS OF WOMEN.
  27. 27.SUNDAY MORNING.
  28. 28.JUSTICE FOR CLERGYMEN.
  29. 29.THE OLD MAID OF THE PERIOD.
  30. 30.THE NURSE OF THE PERIOD.
  31. 31.A LOOK BACKWARD.
  32. 32.VARIETIES OF HUMAN NATURE.
  33. 33." A GOOD MISTRESS ALWAYS MAKES A GOOD SERVANT. "
  34. 34.THE MOTHER-TOUCH.
  35. 35.SOME GOSSIP ABOUT MYSELF.
  36. 36.HOSPITALITY.
  37. 37.WOMAN AND HER WATCH.
  38. 38." MY DOCTOR. "
  39. 39.A WOMAN AT A LECTURE.
  40. 40.CAN'T BE SUITED.
  41. 41.AUTOGRAPH-HUNTERS.
  42. 42.THE ETIQUETTE OF HOTEL PIAZZAS.
  43. 43.OLD STOCKBRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
  44. 44.SUNDAY IN THE VILLAGE.
  45. 45.SICK IN THE VILLAGE.
  46. 46.MEN AND THEIR CLOTHES.
  47. 47.NOTES FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK.
  48. 48.NO BEAUX ANYWHERE.
  49. 49.DANIEL WEBSTER'S HOME.
  50. 50.A TRIP TO RICHMOND.
  51. 51.THE COMING LANDLORD.
  52. 52.OUT ON THE END OF CAPE ANN.
  53. 53.COUNTRY DIET.
  54. 54.FROM MY SEAT ON THE ROCKS.
  55. 55.WISHINGS AND LONGINGS.
  56. 56.A TRANSITION STATE.
  57. 57.WHAT MARY THOUGHT OF JOHN.
  58. 58.TRAVEL-SPOILED AMERICANS.
  59. 59.LIFE'S ILLUSIONS.
  60. 60.JACK SIMPKINS.
  61. 61." BIDING THE LORD'S TIME. "
  62. 62.ONE SORT OF FOOL.
  63. 63.THE FIRST BABY.

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