Fern tells readers to expect these sketches to bite, since as a child she tipped all the ginger into the spice box. The short pieces deal with dinner-parties, a bride’s new house, literary aspirants, why anyone wears mourning, what to do with children on Sunday and the differences between Mr. and Mrs. Easy, with a reformer’s edge beneath the wit.
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