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BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG WIFE'S BOOK."
PHILADELPHIA :
LEA & BLANCHARD,
SUCCESSORS TO CAREY & CO.
....................
1839.
HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE ESTATE OF
NRS. CHARLES RODENT SANGER LAUARY 19, 1956
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1836, Carey, Lea & Blanchard,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
CONTENTS.
Introduction.......
Preliminary Remarks..............
13
Duties of the Married...
17
The Marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla............... 30
The General Duties of a Husband:-
Demeanour towards the Wife..........
36
Unnecessary Absence from Home...
38
44
Fondness for Children.....
The Husband's right to Obedience in the Wife...... 46
Value of a Wife's Advice......
54
Jealousy......
56
Comparison of Married and Single Life.
65
Disposal of Property......
69
Family Disagreements the frequent Cause of immoral
Conduct..........in
The Duty of Husbands .......
The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon.......
Mistakes in choosing a Wife....
The Bride's Farewell....
Page
9
A Man's Happiness depends on the Pleasures of Home 108
113
Wife, Children, and Friends..
The Constancy of Woman..............................
118
Address in Conversation...
115
Affectation
120
Influence of the Female Character.,
128
134
Domestic Love........
Advantages of Decision of Character................. 135
Love and Marriage.......
138
142
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On a very old Wedding Ring..
Causes of Unhappiness in the Married State......... 143
Foibles of Married Persons.........
149.
The Deserted Wife......
152
153
154
160
165
168
175
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182
Mutual Confidence......
Domestic Happiness...
The Folly and Misery of a Spendthrift..
The Duty of Frugality......
Ill Effects of Peevishness...
Attention to Little Things.
Ill-natured Husbands.......
Pliny's Letters to Calphurnia.
Matrimonial Quarrels.....
A Minister's Advice to a newly-married Pair:-
Important Nature of the Marriage Union........... 184
The Married Pair should not grow remiss in their
Attentions to each other...
188
194
Relations...
195
On the Necessity of the Cultivation of Good Temper 199
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