Introductory material
Reading edition
LINES WRITTEN ON BEING TOLD THAT A LADY WAS "PLAIN AND COMMONPLACE"
THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN
MAKING PLANS
CONVERSATION
AUNT RACHEL; OR, OLD MAIDS' CHILDREN
"GET UP, M. LE COMTE!"
A FRIDAY LESSON
A HOME ART; OR, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
ESPRIT DE CORPS
ROUGH NOTES OF A LESSON
HOLIDAYS
SUNDAY
FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE
A GOOD TIME
"The Sweet, Sweet Love of Daughter,
"I have discovered a thing very little known, which is, that in one's whole life one can never have more than a single mother. You may think this obvious and (what you call) a trite observation…. You are a green gosling! I was at the same age (very near) as wise as you, and yet I never discovered this (with full evidence and conviction, I mean) till it was too late."—Gray's Letters.
"of Sister,
"The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a Boy She gave me eyes, she gave me ears, And love, and thought, and joy." Wordsworth.
"and of Wife."
"The thousand still sweet joys of such As hand in hand face earthly life." M. Arnold.
"I desired to make her my wife, knowing that she would be a counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares and grief. For her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy."—Wisdom of Solomon.