A BOOK FOR THE HOME CIRCLE; OR, FAMILIAR THOUGHTS ON VARIOUS TOPICS, LITERARY, MORAL AND SOCIAL. A COMPANION FOR THE EVENING BOOK.
BYMRS. KIRKLAND,
AUTHOR OF "A NEW HOME," "HOLIDAYS ABROAD," ETC. ETC.NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER, 145 NASSAU STREET.
1853.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by CHARLES SCRIBNER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Stereotyped and Printed by C.W. BENEDICT, 201 William Street, N. Y.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- READING FOR AMUSEMENT (VIGNETTE TITLE).
- LION-HUNTING. 57
- FASHIONABLE AND UNFASHIONABLE (FRONTISPIECE), 102
- IS FATHER A BEAR, SAY? IS MOTHER AN ELEPHANT? 127
- MRS. PELL'S PILGRIMAGE, 144
- FAITH AND FORTUNE, 215
- HARD WINTER, 273
- SPRING IN THE WOODLANDS, 277
CONTENTS.
- READING FOR AMUSEMENT, 12
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOVELS, 35
- AUTHORS, 47
- LION-HUNTING, 57
- AUTOGRAPHS, 70
- LITERARY WOMEN, 75
- ABOUT PRESENTS, 88
- FASHIONABLE AND UNFASHIONABLE, 102
- NEATNESS, 130
- LENDING BOOKS, 137
- MRS. PELL'S PILGRIMAGE, 144
- SENSE, COMMON AND UNCOMMON, 162
- SINECURES; or a Country Minister's Day, 182
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- ECONOMY, 190
- COMFORT, 197
- FAITH AND FORTUNE. (A Romance of Central America), 215
- MISTAKES FROM EXPERIENCE. (A Sketch from Life), 241
- RECOLLECTIONS OF RURAL LIFE IN THE WEST, 253
- SPRING IN THE WOODLANDS, 277
- IS PATIENCE A VIRTUE? (An Autobiography), 303
