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Shadows and sunbeams from Fanny’s portfolio

Shadows and sunbeams from Fanny’s portfolio

by Fanny Fern

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Author
Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872
Title
Shadows and sunbeams: Being a second series of Fern leaves from Fanny's portfolio
Original Publication
United Kingdom: W. S. Orr,1854.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
American essays -- 19th century
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69784
Release Date
January 13, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SHADOWS AND SUNBEAMS: Being a Second Series OF FERN LEAVES FROM FANNY’S PORTFOLIO.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.SHADOWS AND SUNBEAMS; Being a Second Series of “Fern Leaves.” — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII.
  5. 5.AUNT HEPSY.
  6. 6.THOUGHTS AT CHURCH.
  7. 7.THE BROTHERS.
  8. 8.CURIOUS THINGS.
  9. 9.THE ADVANTAGES OF A HOUSE IN A FASHIONABLE SQUARE.
  10. 10.WINTER IS COMING.
  11. 11.“THE OTHER SEX.”
  12. 12.SOLILOQUY OF MR. BROADBRIM.
  13. 13.WILLY GREY.
  14. 14.TABITHA TOMPKINS’ SOLILOQUY.
  15. 15.SOLILOQUY OF A HOUSEMAID.
  16. 16.CRITICS.
  17. 17.FORGETFUL HUSBANDS.
  18. 18.SUMMER FRIENDS.
  19. 19.HOW THE WIRES ARE PULLED: OR, WHAT PRINTER’S INK WILL DO.
  20. 20.WHO WOULD BE THE LAST MAN?
  21. 21.“ONLY A COUSIN.”
  22. 22.THE CALM OF DEATH.
  23. 23.MRS. ADOLPHUS SMITH SPORTING THE “BLUE STOCKING.”
  24. 24.CECILE VRAY.
  25. 25.SAM SMITH’S SOLILOQUY.
  26. 26.LOVE AND DUTY.
  27. 27.A FALSE PROVERB
  28. 28.A MODEL HUSBAND
  29. 29.HOW IS IT?
  30. 30.A MORNING RAMBLE.
  31. 31.HOUR-GLASS THOUGHTS.
  32. 32.SOBER HUSBANDS.
  33. 33.BOARDING-HOUSE EXPERIENCE.
  34. 34.A GRUMBLE FROM THE (H)ALTAR.
  35. 35.A WICK-ED PARAGRAPH.
  36. 36.MISTAKEN PHILANTHROPY.
  37. 37.INSIGNIFICANT LOVE.
  38. 38.A MODEL MARRIED MAN.
  39. 39.MEDITATIONS OF PAUL PRY, JUN.
  40. 40.SUNSHINE AND YOUNG MOTHERS.
  41. 41.UNCLE BEN’S ATTACK OF SPRING FEVER, AND HOW HE GOT CURED.
  42. 42.THE AGED MINISTER VOTED A DISMISSION.
  43. 43.THE FATAL MARRIAGE.
  44. 44.A MATRIMONIAL REVERIE.
  45. 45.FRANCES SARGEANT OSGOOD. — A MOTHER’S PRAYER IN ILLNESS.
  46. 46.A PUNCH AT “PUNCH.”
  47. 47.BEST THINGS.
  48. 48.THE VESTRY MEETING.
  49. 49.A BROADWAY SHOP REVERIE.
  50. 50.“THE OLD WOMAN.”
  51. 51.SUNDAY MORNING AT THE DIBDINS. — SUNDAY NOON AT THE DIBDINS.
  52. 52.ITEMS OF TRAVEL.
  53. 53.NEWSPAPER-DOM.
  54. 54.HAVE WE ANY MEN AMONG US?
  55. 55.HOW TO CURE THE BLUES.
  56. 56.RAIN IN THE CITY.
  57. 57.MRS. WEASEL’S HUSBAND.
  58. 58.COUNTRY SUNDAY v. CITY SUNDAY.
  59. 59.OUR STREET.
  60. 60.WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY.
  61. 61.LITTLE BESSIE; OR, MISS PRIM’S MODEL SCHOOL.
  62. 62.THE DELIGHTS OF VISITING.
  63. 63.HELEN HAVEN’S “HAPPY NEW YEAR.”
  64. 64.DOLLARS AND DIMES.
  65. 65.OUR NELLY.
  66. 66.“STUDY MEN, NOT BOOKS.”
  67. 67.“MURDER OF THE INNOCENTS; OR, HOME THE PLACE FOR MARRIED FOLKS.
  68. 68.AMERICAN LADIES.
  69. 69.THE STRAY SHEEP.
  70. 70.THE FASHIONABLE PREACHER.
  71. 71.“CASH.” [1]
  72. 72.ONLY A CHILD.
  73. 73.MR. PIPKIN’S IDEAS OF FAMILY RETRENCHMENT.
  74. 74.A CHAPTER FOR NICE OLD FARMERS.
  75. 75.MADAME ROUILLON’S “MOURNING SALOON.”
  76. 76.FASHION IN FUNERALS.
  77. 77.HOUSEHOLD TYRANTS.
  78. 78.WOMEN AND MONEY.
  79. 79.THE SICK BACHELOR.
  80. 80.A MOTHER’S INFLUENCE.
  81. 81.MR. PUNCH MISTAKEN.
  82. 82.FERN MUSINGS.
  83. 83.THE TIME TO CHOOSE.
  84. 84.SPRING IS COMING.
  85. 85.STEAMBOAT SIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS.
  86. 86.A GOTHAM REVERIE.
  87. 87.SICKNESS COMES TO YOU IN THE CITY.
  88. 88.HUNGRY HUSBANDS.
  89. 89.LIGHT AND SHADOW; OR, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
  90. 90.WHAT LOVE WILL ACCOMPLISH.
  91. 91.MRS. GRUMBLE’S SOLILOQUY.
  92. 92.HENRY WARD BEECHER.
  93. 93.AN OLD MAID’S DECISION.
  94. 94.FATHER TAYLOR, THE SAILOR’S PREACHER.
  95. 95.SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
  96. 96.WHOM DOES IT CONCERN?
  97. 97.“WHO LOVES A RAINY DAY?”
  98. 98.A CONSCIENTIOUS YOUNG MAN.
  99. 99.CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE. NUMBER ONE.
  100. 100.CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE. NUMBER TWO.
  101. 101.CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE. NUMBER THREE.
  102. 102.CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE. NUMBER FOUR—BARNUM’S POULTRY SHOW.
  103. 103.TWO PICTURES.
  104. 104.FEMININE WAITERS AT HOTELS.
  105. 105.LETTER TO THE EMPRESS EUGENIA.
  106. 106.MUSIC IN THE NATURAL WAY.
  107. 107.FOR LADIES THAT “GO SHOPPING.”
  108. 108.THE OLD MERCHANT WANTS A SITUATION.
  109. 109.A MOVING TALE.
  110. 110.THIS SIDE AND THAT.
  111. 111.MRS. ZEBEDEE SMITH’S PHILOSOPHY.
  112. 112.A LANCE COUCHED FOR THE CHILDREN.
  113. 113.A CHAPTER ON HOUSEKEEPING.
  114. 114.A FERN REVERIE.
  115. 115.A “BROWN STUDY”—SUGGESTED BY BROWN VAILS.
  116. 116.INCIDENT AT THE FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.
  117. 117.APOLLO HYACINTH.
  118. 118.SPOILED LITTLE BOY.
  119. 119.BARNUM’S MUSEUM.
  120. 120.NANCY PRY’S SOLILOQUY.
  121. 121.FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.

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