Bits about Home Matters

This book covers topics such as: The inhumanities of parents: corporal punishment -- The inhumanities of parents: needless denials -- The inhumanities of parents: rudeness -- Breaking the will -- The reign of Archelaus -- The awkward age -- A day with a courteous mother -- Children in Nova Scotia -- The republic of the family -- The ready-to-halts -- The descendants of Nabal -- "Boys not allowed" -- Half an hour in a railway station -- A genius for affection -- Rainy days -- Friends of the prisoners -- A companion for the winter -- Choice of colors -- The apostle of beauty -- English lodging-houses -- Wet the clay -- The king's friend -- Learning to speak -- Private tyrants -- Margin -- The fine art of smiling -- Death-bed repentance -- The correlation of moral forces -- A simple bill of fare for a Christmas dinner -- Children's parties -- After-supper talk -- Hysteria in literature -- Jog trot -- The joyless American -- Spiritual teething -- Glass houses -- The old-clothes monger in journalism -- The country landlord's side -- The good staff of pleasure -- Wanted: a home.