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The Secret of a Happy Home

by Marion Harland

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  1. 1Dedication — The Secret of a Happy Home
  2. 2Introductory
  3. 3Chapter I — Sisterly Discourse With John’s Wife Concerning John
  4. 4Chapter II — The Family Purse
  5. 5Chapter III — The Parable of the Rich Woman and the Farmer’s Wife
  6. 6Chapter IV — Little Things That Are Trifles
  7. 7Chapter V — A Mistake on John’s Part
  8. 8Chapter VI — Chink-Fillers
  9. 9Chapter VII — Must-Haves and May-Bes
  10. 10Chapter VIII — What Good Will It Do?
  11. 11Chapter IX — Shall, I Pass It On?
  12. 12Chapter X — “Only Her Nerves”
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Rule of Two
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Perfect Work of Patience
  15. 15Chapter XIII — “According to His Folly”
  16. 16Chapter XIV — “Buttered Parsnips”
  17. 17Chapter XV — Is Marriage Reformatory?
  18. 18Chapter XVI — “John’s” Mother
  19. 19Chapter XVII — And Other Relations-in-Law
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — A Timid Word for the Step-Mother
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Children as Helpers
  22. 22Chapter XX — Children as Burden-Bearers
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Our Young Person
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Our Boy
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — That Spoiled Child
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Getting Along in Years
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Truth-Telling
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — The Gospel of Conventionalities
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — Familiar or Intimate?
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — Our Stomachs
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — Cheerfulness as a Christian Duty
  32. 32Chapter XXX — The Family Invalid
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — A Temperance Talk
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — Family Music
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — Family Religion
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — A Parting Word for Boy
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — Homely, but Important
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — Four-Feet-Upon-a-Fender

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