COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE; OR, THE Joys and Sorrows of American Life.
BYMRS. CAROLINE LEE HENTZ.
AUTHOR OF "ERNEST LINWOOD," "LINDA," "THE PLANTER'S NORTHERN BRIDE," "AUNT PATTY'S SCRAP BAG," ETC., ETC. "She turn'd—and her mother's gaze brought back Each hue of her childhood's faded track. Oh! hush the song, and let her tears Flow to the dream of her early years! Holy and pure are the drops that fall. When the young bride goes from her father's hall; She goes unto love yet untried and new— She parts from love which hath still been true." —Mrs. Hemans.Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, NO. 102 CHESTNUT STREET.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by T. B. PETERSON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
CONTENTS.
- BOOK I. THE PET BEAUTY. 23
- BOOK II. THE FORTUNES OF A YOUNG PHYSICIAN, 70
- BOOK III. THE TWO SISTERS AND THE TWO UNCLES, 130
- BOOK IV. THE MOB CAP; OR, MY GRANDMOTHER'S TRUNK, 182
- BOOK V. THE PEDLER. THE SEQUEL TO THE MOB CAP, 224
- BOOK VI. THE BEAUTY TRANSFORMED, 269
- BOOK VII. THE DRUNKARD'S DAUGHTER, 348
- BOOK VIII. FATHER HILARIO, THE CATHOLIC, 378
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- BOOK IX. THE TEMPTED, 413
- BOOK X. AUNT MERCY, 448
- BOOK XI. THE VILLAGE PASTOR'S WIFE, 477
- BOOK XII. THANKSGIVING DAY, 499
- BOOK XIII. THE STRANGER AT THE BANQUET, 516