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This book is a collection of short observations by Helen Hunt Jackson, several with children and parenting as the subject matter.
- Chapters
- 01 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Corporal Punishment
- 02 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Needless Denials
- 03 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Rudeness
- 04 - Breaking the Will
- 05 - The Reign of Archelaus
- 06 - The Awkward Age
- 07 - A Day With a Courteous Mother
- 08 - Children in Novia Scotia
- 09 - The Republic of the Family
- 10 - The Ready-to-Halts
- 11 - The Descendants of Nabal
- 12 - "Boys Not Allowed"
- 13 - Half an Hour in a Railway Station
- 14 - A Genius for Affection
- 15 - Rainy Days
- 16 - Friends of the Prisoners
- 17 - A Companion for the Winter
- 18 - Choice of Colors
- 19 - The Apostle of Beauty
- 20 - English Lodging-Houses
- 21 - Wet the Clay
- 22 - The King's Friend
- 23 - Learning to Speak
- 24 - Private Tyrants
- 25 - Margin
- 26 - The Fine Art of Smiling
- 27 - Death-Bed Repentance
- 28 - The Correlation of Moral Forces
- 29 - A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner
- 30 - Children's Parties
- 31 - After-Supper Talk
- 32 - Hysteria in Literature
- 33 - Jog Trot
- 34 - The Joyless American
- 35 - Spiritual Teething
- 36 - Glass Houses
- 37 - The Old-Clothes Monger in Journalism
- 38 - The Country Landlord's Side
- 39 - The Good Staff of Pleasure
- 40 - Wanted - A Home