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CONTENTS.

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• THE HOUSEHOLD, 13

• A CHAPTER ON HOSPITALITY, 26

• THE MYSTERY OF VISITING, 36

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DRESS, 45

• CONVERSATION, 75

• WHAT SHALL WE BE? 101

• FASTIDIOUSNESS, 117

• BUSH-LIFE, 131

• STREET AND SERVANTS AT HOME AND ABROAD, 145

• THE LOG SCHOOLHOUSE, 170

• STANDARDS, 189

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• SKETCH OF A CASE; OR PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY, 199

• THE DARK SIDE, 213

• COURTING BY PROXY (A TALE OF NEW YORK), 233

• GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY, 246

• THE TOWN POOR (A WESTERN REMINISCENCE), 261

• THE VILLAGE SCHOOL, 278

• THE SINGING SCHOOL, 288

• A WEDDING IN THE WOODS, 301