Bits about Home MattersFront matterReading editionChapter navigation41 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Inhumanities of Parents--Corporal Punishment.The Inhumanities of Parents--Needless Denials.The Inhumanities of Parents--Rudeness.Breaking the Will.The Reign of Archelaus.The Awkward Age.A Day with a Courteous Mother.Children in Nova Scotia.The Republic of the Family.The Ready-to-Halts.The Descendants of Nabal."Boys Not Allowed."Half an Hour in a Railway Station.A Genius For Affection.Rainy Days.Friends of the Prisoners.A Companion for the Winter.Choice of Colors.The Apostle of Beauty.English Lodging-Houses.Wet the Clay.The King's Friend.Learning to Speak.Private Tyrants.Margin.The Fine Art of Smiling.Death-Bed Repentance.The Correlation of Moral Forces.A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner.Children's Parties.After-Supper Talk.Hysteria In Literature.Jog Trot.The Joyless American.Spiritual TeethingGlass Houses.The Old-Clothes Monger in Journalism.The Country Landlord's Side.The Good Staff of Pleasure.Wanted.--A Home.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →The Inhumanities of Parents--Corporal Punishment.All chapters and sections (41)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Inhumanities of Parents--Corporal Punishment.The Inhumanities of Parents--Needless Denials.The Inhumanities of Parents--Rudeness.Breaking the Will.The Reign of Archelaus.The Awkward Age.A Day with a Courteous Mother.Children in Nova Scotia.The Republic of the Family.The Ready-to-Halts.The Descendants of Nabal."Boys Not Allowed."Half an Hour in a Railway Station.A Genius For Affection.Rainy Days.Friends of the Prisoners.A Companion for the Winter.Choice of Colors.The Apostle of Beauty.English Lodging-Houses.Wet the Clay.The King's Friend.Learning to Speak.Private Tyrants.Margin.The Fine Art of Smiling.Death-Bed Repentance.The Correlation of Moral Forces.A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner.Children's Parties.After-Supper Talk.Hysteria In Literature.Jog Trot.The Joyless American.Spiritual TeethingGlass Houses.The Old-Clothes Monger in Journalism.The Country Landlord's Side.The Good Staff of Pleasure.Wanted.--A Home.Author of "Verses" and "Bits of Travel."1873The Inhumanities of Parents--Corporal Punishment. →