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Evenings at Home

by John Aikin and Anna Letitia Barbauld

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  1. 1Preface to the Fifteenth London Edition
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3The Young Mouse — A Fable
  4. 4The Wasp and Bee — A Fable
  5. 5The Goose and Horse — A Fable
  6. 6The Flying-Fish
  7. 7The Little Dog — A Fable
  8. 8Travellers’ Wonders
  9. 9The Discontented Squirrel
  10. 10On the Marten
  11. 11Mouse, Lapdog, and Monkey — A Fable
  12. 12Animals and Their Countries
  13. 13The Mask of Nature
  14. 14The Farmyard Journal
  15. 15The Price of Pleasure
  16. 16The Rat With a Bell — A Fable
  17. 17The Dog Balked of His Dinner — A Tale
  18. 18The Kid
  19. 19How to Make the Best of It
  20. 20Order and Disorder — A Fairy Tale
  21. 21Live Dolls
  22. 22The Hog and Other Animals
  23. 23The Bullies
  24. 24The Travelled Ant
  25. 25The Colonists
  26. 26The Dog and His Relations
  27. 27The History and Adventures of a Cat
  28. 28Canute’s Reproof to His Courtiers
  29. 29Dialogue, on Things to Be Learned, Between Mamma and Kitty
  30. 30On the Oak — A Dialogue
  31. 31Alfred — A Drama
  32. 32On the Pine and Fir Tribe — A Dialogue
  33. 33On Different Stations in Life — A Dialogue
  34. 34The Rookery
  35. 35The Ship
  36. 36Things by Their Right Names
  37. 37The Transmigrations of Indur
  38. 38The Swallow and Tortoise
  39. 39The Grass-Tribe
  40. 40A Tea Lecture
  41. 41The Kidnappers
  42. 42On Manufactures
  43. 43A Lesson in the Art of Distinguishing
  44. 44The Phenix and Dove
  45. 45The Manufacture of Paper
  46. 46The Two Robbers
  47. 47The Council of Quadrupeds
  48. 48Tit for Tat — A Tale
  49. 49On Wine and Spirits
  50. 50The Boy Without a Genius
  51. 51Half a Crown’s Worth
  52. 52Trial
  53. 53The Leguminous Plants
  54. 54On Man
  55. 55Walking the Streets — A Parable
  56. 56The Compound-Flowered Plants
  57. 57On Presence of Mind
  58. 58Phaeton Junior: Or, the Gig Demolished
  59. 59Why an Apple Falls
  60. 60Nature and Education — A Fable
  61. 61Aversion Subdued — A Drama
  62. 62The Little Philosopher
  63. 63What Animals Are Made for
  64. 64True Heroism
  65. 65Part 1
  66. 66Flying and Swimming
  67. 67The Female Choice — A Tale
  68. 68Part II
  69. 69Eyes and No Eyes; or, the Art of Seeing
  70. 70Why the Earth Moves Round the Sun
  71. 71The Umbelliferous Plants
  72. 72Humble Life; or, the Cottagers
  73. 73The Birthday Gift
  74. 74On Earths and Stones
  75. 75Show and Use; or, the Two Presents
  76. 76The Cruciform-Flowered Plants
  77. 77The Native Village — A Drama
  78. 78Perseverance Against Fortune — A Story
  79. 79The Goldfinch and Linnet
  80. 80The Price of a Victory
  81. 81Good Company
  82. 82The Wanderer’s Return
  83. 83Difference and Agreement or, Sunday Morning
  84. 84The Landlord’s Visit — A Drama
  85. 85On Emblems
  86. 86Ledyard’s Praise of Women
  87. 87Generous Revenge
  88. 88The Power of Habit
  89. 89The Cost of a War
  90. 90Great Men
  91. 91The Four Sisters
  92. 92The Gain of a Loss
  93. 93Wise Men
  94. 94A Friend in Need
  95. 95Earth and Her Children
  96. 96A Secret Character Unveiled
  97. 97A Globe-Lecture
  98. 98Envy and Emulation
  99. 99Providence; or, the Shipwreck
  100. 100Epilogue

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