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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, BY POE & HITCHCOCK, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER I. TILL I ENTERED THE MINISTRY.
  • 1. PARENTS AND EARLY LIFE. 11
  • 2. CHOICE AMONG WOOERS. 13
  • 3. HOME-LEAVING. 16
• CHAPTER II. OUR FIRST CIRCUIT.
  • 1. FARMER GRIFFITH. 18
  • 2. SELF-COMMUNINGS. 23
  • 3. THE NEXT MORNING. 28
  • 4. THE PARSONAGE. 31
  • 5. THE VILLAGE. 34
  • 6. NEW RESOLUTIONS; OR, OLD HABITS. 35
• CHAPTER III. SUNDAY JOTTINGS TO FILL OUT.
  • 1. FRANK'S COUSIN. 38
  • 2. WIDOW BARKER. 39
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  • 3. SELF-IMPROVEMENT. 42
  • 4. GROWING TOLERANT. 43
  • 5. PLEASANT MEMORIES. 44
  • 6. SARAH GRIFFITH. 46
  • 7. METHODISM ONE EVERY-WHERE. 48
• CHAPTER IV. OUR SECOND CIRCUIT.
  • 1. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW. 50
  • 2. MAKING ONE'S SELF AGREEABLE. 53
  • 3. LITERARY GLEANINGS. 55
  • 4. IN HEAVINESS OF SPIRIT. 57
  • 5. USES OF CENSORIOUS PERSONS. 60
  • 6. TIMELY GIFT. 64
• CHAPTER V. JOTTINGS IN CONTINUANCE.
  • 1. WIDOW BARKER IN A NEW CHARACTER. 68
  • 2. FATHER BRADEN. 72
  • 3. LETTER FROM SARAH GRIFFITH. 75
  • 4. CONQUERING SELF. 77
  • 5. CHITCHAT ABOUT FEMALE AUTHORS. 79
  • 6. A TALK ABOUT THE ITINERANCY. 80
  • 7. SABBATH EVENING THOUGHTS. 84
  • 8. THE MINISTER'S WIFE AT A PARTY. 86
• CHAPTER VI. AT ANOTHER POST.
  • 1. MAKING AND PARTING FROM FRIENDS. 94
  • 2. HENRY AGAIN WITH US. 95
  • 3. LITTLE ACTS AND GREAT PRINCIPLES. 97
  • 4. "DID N'T THINK," NO EXCUSE FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY. 99
  • 5. OUR DONATION PARTY. 102
• CHAPTER VII. PERSONS, OPINIONS, AND CRITICISMS.
  • 1. MORRISON; OR, BOTH KINDS OF LAZINESS. 109
  • 2. SHALL I TAKE LESSONS IN MUSIC AND FRENCH? 115
  • 3. ALLSTON; OR, THE SELFISH STUDENT. 119
  • 4. CAUGHT IN A BAD PLIGHT. 121
  • 5. BROCKWAY; OR, THE DOWNWARD CAREER. 124
  • 6. SOON TO BE ON THE WING AGAIN. 129
  • 7. MORAL LAW A REALITY. 132
• CHAPTER VIII. MADE UP OF VARIETIES.
  • 1. MRS. MASSON; OR, DISORDER AND APOLOGIES. 135
  • 2. EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL THE FACULTIES. 141
  • 3. SELF-KNOWLEDGE. 145
  • 4. CROW-BAR DIGNITY. 146
  • 5. A WASTED AND BARREN LIFE. 147
  • 6. UNEXPECTED VISITORS, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 149
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  • 7. FRANK'S REMONSTRANCE. 154
  • 8. SCRAPS ABOUT PERSONS AND THINGS. 156
• CHAPTER IX. EXPERIENCE OF A SICK HOUSEKEEPER.
  • 1. CHILLS AND FEVER. 160
  • 2. ABOUT A DOCTOR AND A NURSE. 165
  • 3. AUNT BETSEY AND THE IRISH GIRL. 168
  • 4. THE PROGRESS OF HOSTILITIES. 172
  • 5. THE DENOUEMENT. 175
• CHAPTER X. TALKS, ACTS, AND REFLECTIONS.
  • 1. FATHER BRADEN AND MISS LESLIE'S COOK BOOK. 179
  • 2. LENDING BOOKS. 183
  • 3. GOOD ADVICE IN RHYME. 185
  • 4. ECONOMY IN LITTLES. 186
  • 5. LIVE IN A CHEERFUL ROOM. 189
  • 6. MAFFAT THE CRUEL BUTCHER. 191
• CHAPTER XI. SURPRISES AND BLESSINGS
  • 1. A VISIT FROM MY PARENTS. 195
  • 2. A SMALL HOUSE NOT AN EVIL IN ITSELF. 201
  • 3. SARAH GRIFFITH. 202
  • 4. TARNISHED BY THE RUST OF GAIN. 203
  • 5. MOODS IN WRITING OR CONVERSATION. 205
  • 6. IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. 208
  • 7. A VISIT TO MY CHILDHOOD'S HOME. 210
  • 8. READING BOOKS, AND OBSERVING MEN. 212
  • 9. A FEW THOUGHTS CONCERNING NATURALNESS AND AFFECTATION. 214
  • 10. DARKENED ROOMS AND HEALTH. 217
• CHAPTER XII. BOARDING AT MRS. PARKINSON'S.
  • 1. A NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS. 220
  • 2. SCHEMING TO LIVE GENTEELLY. 223
  • 3. THE BLESSED FORTUNE OF HAVING FRIENDS. 227
  • 4. SOCIAL AND SELF-CULTURE. 229
  • 5. THE ART OF CONVERSATION. 230
  • 6. WILLIAM MARCY; OR, A WARNING INCIDENT. 237
  • 7. JAMES ROGERS, AND OBADIAH ELLSWORTH. 242
• CHAPTER XIII. THOUGHTS AND PERSONS.
  • 1. THE FACE AND THE THOUGHTS; OR, THE SOUL REVEALED IN THE COUNTENANCE. 246
  • 2. TRYING TO SEEM YOUNG. 248
  • 3. INJUDICIOUS FRIENDS. 250
  • 4. INNATE REFINEMENT. 252
  • 5. JUDGE ALDEN; OR, THE SELF-MADE MAN IN POWER. 256
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• CHAPTER XIV. MY JOTTINGS ENDED.
  • 1. DISAGREEABLE PEOPLE; AND HOW TO GET ALONG WITH THEM. 266
  • 2. BENEFIT OF WRITING. 271
  • 3. HENRY MAYBERRY'S WEDDING. 273
  • 4. POPPING CORN. 274
  • 5. THE SELFISH. 276
  • 6. KINDNESS TO ANIMALS. 277
  • 7. FAREWELL. 281