CONTENTS.

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I.
Genius in Pantalettes. 11
II.
Fanny at School. 13
III.
The New Name. 18
IV.
The Husband's Death. 20
V.
The Second Marriage. 27
VI.
Fanny Fern at Home. 31
VII.
Early Literary Efforts. 37
VIII.
Fanny and the True Flag. 39
IX.
Fanny Fern in Church. 48
X.
Fanny Fern in Broadway. 52
XI.
Fanny at the Tremont House. 55
XII.
A Key to "Ruth Hall." 60
XIII.
A Word about N. P. Willis. 69
XIV.
Ideas about Babies. 72
XV.
Praise from a Woman. 79
XVI.
The Remarkable History of Jemmy Jessamy. 81
XVII.
Jemmy Jessamy's Defence. 85
XVIII.
The Governess. 88
XIX.
All about Satan. 103
XX.
Well Known Characters. 106
XXI.
Horace Mann's "Opinion." 111
XXII.
What Fanny Thinks of Hot Weather. 113
XXIII.
Family Jars. 114
XXIV.
Two in Heaven. 119
XXV.
The Private History of Didymus Daisy, Esq. 121
XXVI.
The Wedding Dress. 125
XXVII.
Is it Best to Use Envelopes? 132
XXVIII.
Feminine Wisdom. 137
XXIX.
Always Speak the Truth. 139
XXX.
Moses Miltiades Milton. 142
XXXI.
Tom versus Fan; or, a Little Talk about Little Things. 145
XXXII.
A Letter to the True Flag. 152
XXXIII.
The Orphan. 154
XXXIV.
An Answer to Mrs. Crowe. 160
XXXV.
Mrs. Farrington on Matrimony. 162
XXXVI.
A Whisper to Romantic Young Ladies. 164
XXXVII.
A Woman with a Soul. 168
XXXVIII.
Clerical Courting. 170
XXXIX.
What Fowler Says. 175
XL.
The Other Side. 179
XLI.
The Good-Natured Bachelor. 186
XLII.
Catching the Dear. 188
XLIII.
Helen, the Village Rose-Bud. 190
XLIV.
Single Blessedness. 200
XLV.
That Mrs. Jones. 201
XLVI.
Mrs. Jupiter's Soliloquy. 204
XLVII.
The Unfaithful Lover. 206
XLVIII.
Petticoat Parliament. 213
XLIX.
Fanny Fern on Widowers. 215
L.
An Hour With Fanny's Father. 217
LI.
John Bull's Opinion of "Ruth Hall." 222
LII.
Orthodox Testimony. 225
LIII.
Another Fern. 227
LIV.
The Best of Men have their Failings. 229
LV.
The Mistake of a Life-time. 231
LVI.
A Wife's Devotion. 238
LVII.
Mrs. Zebedee Smith's Philosophy. 243
LVIII.
Interesting to Bashful Men. 246
LIX.
The Angel Child. 249
LX.
Uncle Ben's Attack of Spring-Fever. 253
LXI.
Connubial Advertisement. 258
LXII.
What Fanny Thinks about Sewing-Machines. 260
LXIII.
The Time to Choose. 263
LXIV.
Our Nelly. 265
LXV.
I Can't. 269
LXVI.
Mrs. Smith's Reverie. 271
LXVII.
A Night-watch with a Dead Infant. 273
LXVIII.
A Little Good Advice. 275
LXIX.
The Other One. 277
LXX.
A Pen and Ink Sketch. 280
LXXI.
Fanny's "Rules for Ladies." 283
LXXII.
The Little Pauper. 286
LXXIII.
What Fanny Thinks about Friendship. 289
LXXIV.
Truth Stranger than Fiction. 292
LXXV.
Don't Disturb Him. 299
LXXVI.
A Model Husband. 301
LXXVII.
What to do when you are Angry. 303
LXXVIII.
The Early Blight. 305
LXXIX.
There's Room Enough for All. 309
LXXX.
The Cross and the Crown. 312
LXXXI.
Tom Fay's Soliloquy. 314
LXXXII.
A Chapter on Clergymen. 318
LXXXIII.
Fanny Fern on Husbands. 321
LXXXIV.
Fanny's Ideas of Money Matters. 324
LXXXV.
A Letter to a Self-exiled Friend in the Country. 327

LIFE AND BEAUTIES
OF
FANNY FERN


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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