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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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ILLUSTRATIONS.

Frontispiece

  • I. My Child-Wife

  • II. Matrimonial Propositions 15

  • III. Uncle Jacob's Advice 47

  • IV. My Dream-Wife 64

  • V. Bolton's Asylum 142

  • VI. The Umbrella 159

  • VII. The Advanced Woman of the Period 240

  • VIII. The Match Game 349

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