William U. Moulton

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

I. GENIUS IN PANTALETTES.

II. FANNY AT SCHOOL.

III. THE NEW NAME.

IV. THE HUSBAND'S DEATH.

V. THE SECOND MARRIAGE.

VI. FANNY FERN AT HOME.

VII. EARLY LITERARY EFFORTS.

VIII. FANNY AND THE TRUE FLAG.

IX. FANNY FERN IN CHURCH.

X. FANNY FERN IN BROADWAY.

XI. FANNY AT THE TREMONT HOUSE.

XII. A KEY TO "RUTH HALL."

XIII. A WORD ABOUT N. P. WILLIS.

XIV. IDEAS ABOUT BABIES.

XV. PRAISE FROM A WOMAN.

XVI. THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF JEMMY JESSAMY.

XVII. JEMMY JESSAMY'S DEFENCE.

XVIII. THE GOVERNESS.

XIX. ALL ABOUT SATAN.

XX. WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS. BY FANNY FERN.

XXI. HORACE MANN'S "OPINION."

XXII. WHAT FANNY THINKS OF HOT WEATHER.

XXIII. FAMILY JARS.

XXIV. TWO IN HEAVEN.

XXV. THE PRIVATE HISTORY OF DIDYMUS DAISY, ESQ. BY FANNY FERN.

XXVI. THE WEDDING DRESS.

XXVII. IS IT BEST TO USE ENVELOPES?

XXVIII. FEMININE WISDOM.

XXIX. ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH.

XXX. MOSES MILTIADES MADISON.

XXXI. TOM VERSUS FAN; OR, A LITTLE TALK ABOUT LITTLE THINGS.

XXXII. A LETTER TO THE TRUE FLAG.

XXXIII. THE ORPHAN. BY FANNY FERN.

XXXIV. AN ANSWER TO MRS. CROWE. BY FANNY FERN.

XXXV. MRS. FARRINGTON ON MATRIMONY.

XXXVI. A WHISPER TO ROMANTIC YOUNG LADIES.

XXXVII. A WOMAN WITH A SOUL.

XXXVIII. CLERICAL COURTING.

XXXIX. WHAT FOWLER SAYS.

XL. THE OTHER SIDE.

XLI. THE GOOD-NATURED BACHELOR.

XLII. CATCHING THE DEAR. BY FANNY FERN.

XLIII. HELEN, THE VILLAGE ROSE-BUD.

XLIV. SINGLE BLESSEDNESS.

XLV. THAT MRS. JONES.

XLVI. MRS. JUPITER'S SOLILOQUY, TAKEN DOWN IN SHORT-HAND. BY FANNY FERN.

XLVII. THE UNFAITHFUL LOVER.

XLVIII. PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT.

XLIX. FANNY FERN ON WIDOWERS.

L. AN HOUR WITH FANNY'S FATHER.

LI. JOHN BULL'S OPINION OF RUTH HALL.

LII. ORTHODOX TESTIMONY.

LIII. ANOTHER FERN.

LIV. "THE BEST OF MEN HAVE THEIR FAILINGS."

LV. THE MISTAKE OF A LIFE-TIME.

LVI. A WIFE'S DEVOTION.

LVII. MRS. ZEBEDEE SMITH'S PHILOSOPHY.

LVIII. INTERESTING TO BASHFUL MEN.

LIX. THE ANGEL CHILD.

LX. UNCLE BEN'S ATTACK OF SPRING-FEVER.

LXI. CONNUBIAL ADVERTISEMENT.

LXII. WHAT FANNY THINKS ABOUT SEWING MACHINES.

LXIII. THE TIME TO CHOOSE.

LXIV. OUR NELLY.

LXV. I CAN'T.

LXVI. MRS. SMITH'S REVERIE, WRITTEN OUT BY FANNY FERN.

LXVII. A NIGHT-WATCH WITH A DEAD INFANT.

LXVIII. A LITTLE GOOD ADVICE. FROM FANNY FERN.

LXIX. THE OTHER ONE.

LXX. A PEN AND INK SKETCH. BY FANNY FERN.

LXXI. FANNY'S "RULES FOR LADIES."

LXXII. THE LITTLE PAUPER.

LXXIII. WHAT FANNY THINKS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP.

LXXIV. TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO JEALOUS HUSBANDS. BY FANNY FERN.

LXXV. "DON'T DISTURB HIM!"

LXXVI. A MODEL HUSBAND.

LXXVII. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY.

LXXVIII. THE EARLY BLIGHT. BY FANNY FERN.

LXXIX. THERE'S ROOM ENOUGH FOR ALL.

LXXX. THE CROSS AND THE CROWN.

LXXXI. TOM FAY'S SOLILOQUY.

LXXXII. A CHAPTER ON CLERGYMEN.

LXXXIII. FANNY FERN ON HUSBANDS.

LXXXIV. FANNY'S IDEAS ABOUT MONEY MATTERS.

LXXXV. A LETTER TO A SELF-EXILED FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY.

Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.

On page 136, "othewise" should possibly be "otherwise".

On page 165, unclosed parenthesis should possibly be closed after "clamorous for supper".

THE
LIFE AND BEAUTIES
OF
FANNY FERN.

Philadelphia:
T. B. PETERSON, NO. 306 CHESTNUT STREET,
GIRARD BUILDINGS, ABOVE THIRD.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, by H. LONG & BROTHER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York