Caper-SauceA VOLUME OF CHIT-CHAT ABOUT MEN, WOMEN, AND THINGS.Reading editionChapter navigation77 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A VOLUME OF CHIT-CHAT ABOUT MEN, WOMEN, AND THINGS.FANNY FERN,NEW BOOKSFANNY FERN.PREFACE.CONTENTSEDITORS.MY NOTION OF MUSIC."BUDDING SPRING"—IN THE CITY.A PEEP AT BOSTON.BLACKWELL'S ISLAND.SHALL WE HAVE MALE OR FEMALE CLERKS?UNKNOWN ACQUAINTANCES.LIFE AND ITS MYSTERIES.MRS. WASHINGTON'S ETERNAL KNITTING.THE WOMAN QUESTION.TWO KINDS OF WIVES.UNDERTAKERS' SIGNS ON CHURCHES.A VOICE FROM THE SKATING POND.THE SIN OF BEING SICK.ARE MINISTERS SERFS?BLAMING PROVIDENCE FOR OUR OWN FAULTS.A CHAPTER ON NURSES.DO AMERICAN WOMEN LOVE NATURE?RAINY-DAY PLEASURES.CHIT-CHAT WITH SOME OF MY CORRESPONDENTS.MY LIKING FOR PRETTY THINGS.UNSOUGHT HAPPINESS.DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE.ALL ABOUT DOCTORS.LETTER TO HENRY WARD BEECHER.THE AMENITIES OF THE TABLE.MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS.MY NOTION OF A WALKING COMPANION.MEN TEACHERS IN GIRLS' SCHOOLS.MY CALL ON "DEXTER."THE POETRY OF WORK.CAN'T KEEP A HOTEL.NEW CLOTHES.HOW I READ THE MORNING PAPERS.BETTY'S SOLILOQUY.MY DREADFUL BUMP OF ORDER."EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE IT."GETTING TO RIGHTS.MODERN MARTYRS.WRITING "COMPOSITIONS."NICE LITTLE TEA-PARTIES.A SLEEPLESS NIGHT.WOMEN'S NEED OF RECREATION.THE GOOD OLD HYMNS.A STRANGER IN GOTHAM.MY JOURNEY TO QUEBEC AND BACK AGAIN.IDLE HOURS AT OUR OWN EMERALD ISLE, THE GEM OF THE SEA.SOME CITY SIGHTS.DOG-DAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS.SPRING IN THE CITY.WAIFS.TACT.THE INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS.A TRIP TO THE CAATSKILLS.THE TRIP TO BROMPTON.LAKE GEORGE REVISITED.COOKERY AND TAILORING.UP THE HUDSON."WHY DON'T I LECTURE?"IN THE CARS.PETTING.MY GRIEVANCE.CEMETERY MUSINGS.THE SCRUBBING-BRUSH MANIA.SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.MY FIRST CONVERT.COUNTRY HOUSEWIVES.FIRST MORNING IN THE COUNTRY.CONSCIENCE KILLING.THE CRY OF A VICTIM.STONES FOR BREAD.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →FANNY FERN,All chapters and sections (77)A VOLUME OF CHIT-CHAT ABOUT MEN, WOMEN, AND THINGS.FANNY FERN,NEW BOOKSFANNY FERN.PREFACE.CONTENTSEDITORS.MY NOTION OF MUSIC."BUDDING SPRING"—IN THE CITY.A PEEP AT BOSTON.BLACKWELL'S ISLAND.SHALL WE HAVE MALE OR FEMALE CLERKS?UNKNOWN ACQUAINTANCES.LIFE AND ITS MYSTERIES.MRS. WASHINGTON'S ETERNAL KNITTING.THE WOMAN QUESTION.TWO KINDS OF WIVES.UNDERTAKERS' SIGNS ON CHURCHES.A VOICE FROM THE SKATING POND.THE SIN OF BEING SICK.ARE MINISTERS SERFS?BLAMING PROVIDENCE FOR OUR OWN FAULTS.A CHAPTER ON NURSES.DO AMERICAN WOMEN LOVE NATURE?RAINY-DAY PLEASURES.CHIT-CHAT WITH SOME OF MY CORRESPONDENTS.MY LIKING FOR PRETTY THINGS.UNSOUGHT HAPPINESS.DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE.ALL ABOUT DOCTORS.LETTER TO HENRY WARD BEECHER.THE AMENITIES OF THE TABLE.MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS.MY NOTION OF A WALKING COMPANION.MEN TEACHERS IN GIRLS' SCHOOLS.MY CALL ON "DEXTER."THE POETRY OF WORK.CAN'T KEEP A HOTEL.NEW CLOTHES.HOW I READ THE MORNING PAPERS.BETTY'S SOLILOQUY.MY DREADFUL BUMP OF ORDER."EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE IT."GETTING TO RIGHTS.MODERN MARTYRS.WRITING "COMPOSITIONS."NICE LITTLE TEA-PARTIES.A SLEEPLESS NIGHT.WOMEN'S NEED OF RECREATION.THE GOOD OLD HYMNS.A STRANGER IN GOTHAM.MY JOURNEY TO QUEBEC AND BACK AGAIN.IDLE HOURS AT OUR OWN EMERALD ISLE, THE GEM OF THE SEA.SOME CITY SIGHTS.DOG-DAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS.SPRING IN THE CITY.WAIFS.TACT.THE INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS.A TRIP TO THE CAATSKILLS.THE TRIP TO BROMPTON.LAKE GEORGE REVISITED.COOKERY AND TAILORING.UP THE HUDSON."WHY DON'T I LECTURE?"IN THE CARS.PETTING.MY GRIEVANCE.CEMETERY MUSINGS.THE SCRUBBING-BRUSH MANIA.SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.MY FIRST CONVERT.COUNTRY HOUSEWIVES.FIRST MORNING IN THE COUNTRY.CONSCIENCE KILLING.THE CRY OF A VICTIM.STONES FOR BREAD.BYFANNY FERN, →