Maids, Wives, and Bachelors
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1. Front matter2. Maids and Bachelors3. The American Girl4. Dangerous Letter-Writing5. Flirts and Flirtation6. On Falling in Love7. Engaged To Be Married8. Shall our Daughters have Dowries?9. The Ring Upon the Finger10. Flirting Wives11. Mothers-in-Law12. Good and Bad Mothers13. Unequal Marriages14. Discontented Women15. Women on Horseback16. A Good Word For Xanthippe17. The Favorites of Men18. Mothers of Great and Good Men19. Domestic Work for Women20. Professional Work for Women21. Little Children22. On Naming Children23. The Children’s Table24. Intellectual “Cramming” of Boys25. The Servant-Girl’s Point of View26. Extravagance27. Ought we to Wear Mourning?28. How To Have One’s Portrait Taken29. The Crown of Beauty30. Waste of Vitality31. A Little Matter of Money32. Mission of Household Furniture33. People Who Have Good Impulses34. Worried to Death35. The Grapes We Can’t Reach36. Burdens