Dedication
To My Children,
“The Blessed Three,”
Whose Love and Loyalty
Have made mine a Happy Home
And my Life Worth Living,
The volume is
Gratefully Dedicated.
Marion Harland.
The Secret of a Happy Home
| PAGE. | |
| INTRODUCTORY. | |
| An Open Secret, | 9 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Sisterly Discourse with John’s Wife Concerning John, | 19 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Family Purse, | 36 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Parable of the Rich Woman and the Farmer’s Wife, | 46 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Little Things that are Trifles, | 54 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| A Mistake on John’s Part, | 62 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| “Chink-Fillers,” | 67 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Must-haves and May-bes, | 76 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| What Good Will It Do? | 85 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Shall I Pass It On? | 94 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| “Only Her Nerves,” | 105 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| The Rule of Two, | 112 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| The Perfect Work of Patience, | 119 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| According to His Folly, | 128 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| “Buttered Parsnips,” | 138 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Is Marriage Reformatory? | 145 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| “John’s” Mother, | 152 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| And Other Relations-in-Law, | 161 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| A Timid Word for the Step-mother, | 169 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Children as Helpers, | 177 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Children as Burden-bearers, | 186 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Our Young Person, | 192 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Our Boy, | 200 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| That Spoiled Child, | 209 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| Getting Along in Years, | 217 |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| Truth-telling, | 224 |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| The Gospel of Conventionalities, | 233 |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| Familiar, or Intimate? | 241 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
| Our Stomachs, | 249 |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | |
| Cheerfulness as a Christian Duty, | 257 |
| CHAPTER XXX. | |
| The Family Invalid, | 264 |
| CHAPTER XXXI. | |
| A Temperance Talk, | 272 |
| CHAPTER XXXII. | |
| Family Music, | 283 |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. | |
| Family Religion, | 289 |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. | |
| A Parting Word for Boy, | 297 |
| CHAPTER XXXV. | |
| Homely, But Important, | 306 |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. | |
| Four-Feet-Upon-a-Fender, | 312 |