Fern Leaves from Fanny's Port-folio. / Second Series

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

Illustrations.

Fern Leaves Second Series. SHADOWS AND SUNBEAMS. CHAPTER I.

AUNT HEPSY.

THOUGHTS AT CHURCH.

THE BROTHERS.

CURIOUS THINGS.

THE ADVANTAGES OF A HOUSE IN A FASHIONABLE SQUARE.

WINTER IS COMING.

"THE OTHER SEX."

SOLILOQUY OF MR. BROADBRIM.

WILLY GREY.

TABITHA TOMPKINS' SOLILOQUY.

SOLILOQUY OF A HOUSEMAID.

CRITICS.

FORGETFUL HUSBANDS.

SUMMER FRIENDS.

HOW THE WIRES ARE PULLED: OR, WHAT PRINTER'S INK WILL DO.

WHO WOULD BE THE LAST MAN?

"ONLY A COUSIN."

THE CALM OF DEATH.

MRS. ADOLPHUS SMITH SPORTING THE "BLUE STOCKING."

CECILE VRAY.

SAM SMITH'S SOLILOQUY.

LOVE AND DUTY.

A FALSE PROVERB.

A MODEL HUSBAND.

HOW IS IT?

A MORNING RAMBLE.

HOUR-GLASS THOUGHTS.

BOARDING HOUSE EXPERIENCE.

A GRUMBLE FROM THE (H)ALTAR.

A WICK-ED PARAGRAPH.

MISTAKEN PHILANTHROPY.

INSIGNIFICANT LOVE.

A MODEL MARRIED MAN.

MEDITATIONS OF PAUL PRY, JUN.

SUNSHINE AND YOUNG MOTHERS.

UNCLE BEN'S ATTACK OF SPRING FEVER, AND HOW HE GOT CURED.

THE AGED MINISTER VOTED A DISMISSION.

THE FATAL MARRIAGE.

FRANCES SARGEANT OSGOOD.

BEST THINGS.

THE VESTRY MEETING.

A BROADWAY SHOP REVERIE.

"THE OLD WOMAN."

SUNDAY MORNING AT THE DIBDINS.

ITEMS OF TRAVEL.

NEWSPAPER-DOM.

HAVE WE ANY MEN AMONG US?

HOW TO CURE THE BLUES.

RAIN IN THE CITY.

MRS. WEASEL'S HUSBAND.

COUNTRY SUNDAY vs. CITY SUNDAY.

SOBER HUSBANDS.

OUR STREET.

WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY.

LITTLE BESSIE; OR, MISS PRIM'S MODEL SCHOOL.

THE DELIGHTS OF VISITING.

HELEN HAVEN'S "HAPPY NEW YEAR."

DOLLARS AND DIMES.

OUR NELLY.

"STUDY MEN, NOT BOOKS."

"MURDER OF THE INNOCENTS;" OR, HOME THE PLACE FOR MARRIED FOLKS

AMERICAN LADIES.

THE STRAY SHEEP.

THE FASHIONABLE PREACHER.

"CASH." [A]

ONLY A CHILD.

MR. PIPKIN'S IDEAS OF FAMILY RETRENCHMENT.

A CHAPTER FOR NICE OLD FARMERS.

MADAME ROUILLON'S "MOURNING SALOON."

FASHION IN FUNERALS.

HOUSEHOLD TYRANTS.

WOMEN AND MONEY.

THE SICK BACHELOR.

A MOTHER'S INFLUENCE.

MR. PUNCH MISTAKEN.

FERN MUSINGS.

THE TIME TO CHOOSE.

SPRING IS COMING.

STEAMBOAT SIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS.

A GOTHAM REVERIE.

SICKNESS COMES TO YOU IN THE CITY.

HUNGRY HUSBANDS.

LIGHT AND SHADOW; OR, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

A MATRIMONIAL REVERIE.

WHAT LOVE WILL ACCOMPLISH.

MRS. GRUMBLE'S SOLILOQUY.

HENRY WARD BEECHER.

AN OLD MAID'S DECISION.

A PUNCH AT "PUNCH."

FATHER TAYLOR, THE SAILOR'S PREACHER.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

WHOM DOES IT CONCERN?

"WHO LOVES A RAINY DAY?"

A CONSCIENTIOUS YOUNG MAN.

CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE NUMBER ONE.

CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE. NUMBER TWO.

CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE. NUMBER THREE.

CITY SCENES AND CITY LIFE. NUMBER FOUR. BARNUM'S POULTRY SHOW.

TWO PICTURES.

FEMININE WAITERS AT HOTELS.

LETTER TO THE EMPRESS EUGENIA.

MUSIC IN THE NATURAL WAY.

FOR LADIES THAT "GO SHOPPING."

MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.

THE OLD MERCHANT WANTS A SITUATION.

A MOVING TALE.

THIS SIDE AND THAT.

MRS. ZEBEDEE SMITH'S PHILOSOPHY.

OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

A LANCE COUCHED FOR THE CHILDREN.

A CHAPTER ON HOUSEKEEPING.

BARNUM'S MUSEUM.

A FERN REVERIE.

APOLLO HYACINTH.

SPOILED LITTLE BOY.

A "BROWN STUDY" SUGGESTED BY BROWN VAILS.

INCIDENT AT THE FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.

NANCY PRY'S SOLILOQUY.

FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.

Transcriber's Note

The cover image was created by the transcriber by adding text to the original cover, and is placed in the public domain.

THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE

THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.

EIGHTEENTH THOUSAND.

Fern Leaves

FROM

FANNY’S PORT-FOLIO.

SECOND SERIES.

With Original Designs by Fred. M. Coffin.

AUBURN AND BUFFALO:

MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON & CO.,

1854.


Published first in England by International Arrangement with the American Proprietors, and entered at Stationers’ Hall.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three,
BY MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York.

AUBURN:
MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN
STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS.


TO

MY TRUEST FRIEND,

OLIVER DYER,

WHOSE FRIENDSHIP NEVER FALTERED, IN ADVERSITY;

WHOSE SYMPATHY AND ENCOURAGEMENT CHEERED ME,

WHEN NO BOW OF PROMISE WAS SET IN MY SKY;

This Book is Gratefully Dedicated,

BY

THE AUTHOR.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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