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CONTENTS: PART I
INDOORS

• THE LONG VIEW . . . . . 11
• WITHIN MY HOUSE . . . . . 13
• THE HOUSEWIFE . . . . . . 16
• TO MOTHER . . . . . . . 18
• IN SUCH AN HOUR . . . . . 21
• THE DAILY INTERVIEW . . . . 23
• THE LITTLE HOUSE . . . . . 28
• THE HOUSE-MOTHER . . . . . 31
• A WOMAN IN HOSPITAL . . . . 33
• IN CONVALESCENCE . . . . . 38
• HOMESICK . . . . . . . 40
• ON WASHING DAY . . . . . 43
• WHEN BABY STRAYED . . . . 46
• IF ONLY — . . . . . . 49

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• LISTENING . . . . . . . 51
• THE DEAR FOLKS IN DEVON . . 52
• THE REASON . . . . . . . 54
• TWO WOMEN . . . . . . . 56
• THE PRIZE FIGHT . . . . . 58
• THE HOME LIGHTS . . . . . 61
• TO AN OLD TEAPOT . . . . . 63
• TO A REBELLIOUS DAUGHTER . . 65
• FOR MOTHERING! . . . . . 69
• LITTLE FAN . . . . . . . 71
• THE NAUGHTY DAY . . . . . 73
• TO A LITTLE WHITE BIRD . . . 75
• BECAUSE . . . . . . . . 76
• WHEN HE COMES . . . . . . 77