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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

A BUSINESS MAN'S HOME; OR, A STORY FOR HUSBANDS. CHAPTER I.

VISITING AND VISITORS.

OUR FIRST NURSE.

THE SHADOW OF A GREAT ROCK IN A WEARY LAND.

TO LITERARY ASPIRANTS.

SUMMER TRAVEL.

A GENTLE HINT.

A STORY FOR OLD HUSBANDS WITH YOUNG WIVES.

BREAKFAST AT THE PAXES'.

GIRLS' BOARDING-SCHOOLS.

CLOSET MEDITATIONS, NOT FOUND IN JAY OR DODDRIDGE.

A FEMININE VIEW OF NAPOLEON AS A HUSBAND.

"FIRST PURE."

HOLIDAY THOUGHTS.

A HEADACHE.

HAS A MOTHER A RIGHT TO HER CHILDREN?

"AND YE SHALL CALL THE SABBATH A DELIGHT."

"COME ON, MACDUFF."

LOOK ALOFT.

KNICKERBOCKER AND TRI-MOUNTAIN.

THE BOSTON WOMAN.

THE NEW YORK MALE.

THE BOSTON MALE.

MY OLD INK-STAND AND I; OR, THE FIRST ARTICLE IN THE NEW HOUSE.

THE SOUL AND THE STOMACH.

AWE-FUL THOUGHTS.

A WORD TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS.

LADY DOCTORS.

THE CHERUB IN THE OMNIBUS.

FANNY FORD. CHAPTER I.

MORAL MOLASSES; OR, TOO SWEET BY HALF.

A WORD TO SHOP-KEEPERS.

A MUCH-NEEDED KIND OF MINISTER'S WIFE; OR, A HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE FOR SOME PARISH.

PARENT AND CHILD; OR, WHICH SHALL RULE.

THE LAST BACHELOR HOURS OF TOM PAX.

TOM PAX'S CONJUGAL SOLILOQUY.

TEA AND DARNING NEEDLES "FOR TWO!"

A HOUSE WITHOUT A BABY.

GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER ONE.

GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER TWO.

GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER THREE.

GLANCES AT PHILADELPHIA. NUMBER FOUR.

IN THE DUMPS.

PEEPS FROM UNDER A PARASOL.

THE CONFESSION BOX.

A WORD TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS. (2)

BREAKFAST.

GREENWOOD AND MOUNT AUBURN.

GETTING UP THE WRONG WAY.

A HOT DAY.

FUNERAL NOTES.

THE "FAVORITE" CHILD.

A QUESTION, AND ITS ANSWER.

WINTER.

A GAUNTLET FOR THE MEN.

SOLILOQUY OF A LITERARY HOUSEKEEPER.

A BREAKFAST-TABLE REVERIE.

A GLANCE AT A CHAMELEON SUBJECT.

FACTS FOR UNJUST CRITICS.

TRY AGAIN.

FAIR PLAY. OR, BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.

TO GENTLEMEN. A CALL TO BE A HUSBAND.

TO THE LADIES. A CALL TO BE A WIFE.

MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

A SABLE SUBJECT.

NEW YORK.

AIRY COSTUMES.

A PEEP AT THE OPERA.

HARD TIMES.

COUNTER IRRITATION.

SUNDAY IN GOTHAM.

ANNIVERSARY TIME. MR. GOUGH AT THE OPERA HOUSE.

WAYSIDE WORDS.

CHARLOTTE BRONTE.

Transcriber's Notes:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

FRESH LEAVES.

BY

FANNY FERN.


NEW YORK:
MASON BROTHERS.
1857.


Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857,
by MASON BROTHERS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York.

STEREOTYPED BY
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PRINTED BY
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TO

GRACE ELDREDGE,

WITH

Her Mother’s Love.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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