HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE. A Series of Tales and Sketches.
T. S. ARTHUR.
PHILADELPHIA:
LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO.
NO. 20 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
1854.Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1851, by T. S. ARTHUR & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co. Philadelphia. Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins.
PREFACE.
MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures. In all will be found, we trust, motives for self-denial and right action in the various conditions of social life. Home is the centre of good as well as of bad influence. How much, then, depends on those to whom have been committed the sacred trust of giving to the home-circle its true power over the heart!
This volume makes the fifth in "ARTHUR'S LIBRARY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD."
page: 4-5 (Table of Contents) [View Page 4-5 (Table of Contents) ]CONTENTS.
- TAKING COMFORT. 7
- CHILDREN—A FAMILY SCENE. 85
- LOSING ONE'S TEMPER. 55
- TROUBLE WITH SERVANTS. 61
- HAVEN'T THE CHANGE. 67
- OLD MAIDS' CHILDREN. 72
- THE MOTHER AND BOY. 92
- THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. 103
- IS SHE A LADY? 119
- GOING INTO MOURNING. 128
- IF THAT WERE MY CHILD. 151
- I WILL! 171
- A MOTHER'S INFLUENCE. 184
- THE POWER OF PATIENCE. 193
- AN OLD MAN'S RECOLLECTIONS. 208
