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My wife and I, or, Harry Henderson's history

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
  
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PREFACE.
  
CONTENTS:
  
ILLUSTRATIONS.

 1. 
CHAPTER I. THE AUTHOR DEFINES HIS POSITION.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. MY CHILD-WIFE.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. OUR CHILD-EDEN.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. MY SHADOW-WIFE.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. I START FOR COLLEGE AND MY UNCLE JACOB ADVISES ME.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. MY DREAM-WIFE
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII. THE BLUE MISTS.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. AN OUTLOOK INTO LIFE.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. COUSIN CAROLINE.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE HER?
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. I LAY THE FIRST STONE IN MY FOUNDATION.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. BACHELOR COMRADES.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. HAPS AND MISHAPS.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. I MEET A VISION.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. THE GIRL OF OUR PERIOD.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. I AM INTRODUCED INTO SOCIETY.
 18. 
CHAPTER XVIII. THE YOUNG LADY PHILOSOPHER.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX. FLIRTATION.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. I BECOME A FAMILY FRIEND.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. I DISCOVER THE BEAUTIES OF FRIENDSHIP.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. I AM INTRODUCED TO THE ILLUMINATI.
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. I RECEIVE A MORAL SHOWER-BATH.
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. AUNT MARIA.
 25. 
CHAPTER XXV. A DISCUSSION OF THE WOMAN QUESTION FROM ALL POINTS.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. COUSIN CAROLINE AGAIN.
 27. 
CHAPTER XXVII. EASTER LILIES.
 28. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. ENCHANTMENT AND DISENCHANTMENT.
 29. 
CHAPTER XXIX. A NEW OPENING.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. PERTURBATIONS.
 31. 
CHAPTER XXXI. THE FATES.
 32. 
CHAPTER XXXII. THE GAME OF CROQUET.
 33. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MATCH GAME.
 34. 
CHAPTER XXXIV.
 35. 
CHAPTER XXXV. DOMESTIC CONSULTATIONS.
 36. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. WEALTH versus LOVE.
 37. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. FURTHER CONSULTATIONS.
 38. 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. MAKING LOVE TO ONE'S FATHER IN-LAW.
 39. 
CHAPTER XXXIX. ACCEPTED AND ENGAGED.
 40. 
CHAPTER XL. CONGRATULATIONS, ETC.
 41. 
CHAPTER XLI. THE EXPLOSION.
 42. 
CHAPTER XLII. THE WEDDING AND THE TALK OVER THE PRAYER-BOOK.
 43. 
CHAPTER XLIII. BOLTON.
 44. 
CHAPTER XLIV. THE WEDDING JOURNEY.
 45. 
CHAPTER XLV. MY WIFE'S WARDROBE.
 46. 
CHAPTER XLVI. LETTERS FROM NEW YORK.
 47. 
CHAPTER XLVII. AUNT MARIA'S DICTUM.
 48. 
CHAPTER XLVIII. OUR HOUSE.
 49. 
CHAPTER XLIX. PICNICKING IN NEW YORK.
 50. 
CHAPTER L. NEIGHBORS.
 51. 
CHAPTER LI. MY WIFE PROJECTS HOSPITALITIES.
 52. 
CHAPTER LII. PREPARATIONS FOR OUR DINNER PARTY.
 53. 
CHAPTER LIII. THE HOUSE-WARMING.

  
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  • I. The Author Defines his Position 1

  • II. My Child-Wife 5

  • III. Our Child-Eden 17

  • IV. My Shadow-Wife 32

  • V. I Start for College 43

  • VI. My Dream-Wife 52

  • VII. The Valley of Humiliation 66

  • VIII. The Blue Mists 76

  • IX. An Outlook into Life 84

  • X. Cousin Caroline 99

  • XI. Why Don't You Take Her? 113

  • XII. I Lay the First Stone in my Foundation 126

  • XIII. Bachelor Chambers 136

  • XIV. Haps and Mishaps 144

  • XV. I Meet a Vision 154

  • XVI. The Girl of our Period 166

  • XVII. I am Introduced into Society 182

  • XVIII. The Young Lady Philosopher 193

  • XIX. Flirtation 204

  • XX. I Become a Family Friend 216

  • XXI. I Discover the Beauties of Friendship 226

  • XXII. I am Introduced to the Illuminati 234

  • XXIII. I Receive a Moral Shower-Bath 240

  • XXIV. Aunt Maria 247

  • XXV. A Discussion of the Woman Question 257

  • XXVI. Cousin Caroline Again 272

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  • XXVII. Easter Lilies 280

  • XXVIII. Enchantment and Disenchantment 290

  • XXIX. A New Opening 307

  • XXX. Perturbations 319

  • XXXI. The Fates 327

  • XXXII. The Game of Croquet 336

  • XXXIII. The Match Game 345

  • XXXIV. Letter from Eva Van Arsdel 351

  • XXXV. Domestic Consultations 360

  • XXXVI. Wealth versus Love 366

  • XXXVII. Further Consultations 373

  • XXXVIII. Making Love to One's Father-in-Law 379

  • XXXIX. Accepted and Engaged 388

  • XL. Congratulations, etc. 396

  • XLI. The Explosion 401

  • XLII. The Talk Over the Prayer-Book 409

  • XLIII. Bolton 417

  • XLIV. The Wedding Journey 421

  • XLV. My Wife's Wardrobe 429

  • XLVI. Letters from New York 435

  • XLVII. Aunt Maria's Dictum 441

  • XLVIII. Our House 448

  • XLIX. Picnicking in New York 453

  • LI. My Wife Projects Hospitalities 464

  • LII. Preparations for our Dinner Party 468

  • LIII. The House-Warming 471

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