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Timothy Arthur

Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the YoungT. S. Arthur Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young Preface Young friends—stop a moment. We have set up a sort of turnpike gate here, as you see, between the title-page and the first story in our book, in the shape of a preface, or introduction. "Wh...

Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketchesT. S. Arthur Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches PREFACE MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few g...

The Son of My FriendT. S. Arthur The Son of My Friend "I'VE been thinking," said I, speaking to my husband, who stood drawing on his gloves."Have you?" he answered; "then give me the benefit of your thoughts.""That we shall have to give a party. You know we've accepted a number of invitations thi...

Trials and Confessions of a HousekeeperT. S. Arthur Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper INTRODUCTION UNDER the title of Confessions of a Housekeeper, a portion of the matter in this volume has already appeared. The book is now considerably increased, and the range of subjects made to embrace ...

Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around UsT. S. Arthur Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us PREFACE THE title of this volume sufficiently indicates its purpose. The stories of which it is composed have been mainly written with the end of creating for ...

The Lights and Shadows of Real LifeT. S. Arthur The Lights and Shadows of Real Life PREFACE To all, as they pass through the world, come "light and shadow." Though the sun may be in the heavens, clouds often intervene, and cast deep shadows about our footsteps. But, it is a truth which we cannot ...

The Good Time ComingT. S. Arthur The Good Time Coming PREFACE LIFE is a mystery to all men, and the more profound the deeper the striving spirit is immersed in its own selfish instincts. How earnestly do we all fix our eyes upon the slowly-advancing future, impatiently waiting that good time comi...

Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with HumorT. S. Arthur Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor PREFACE THE reader cannot but smile at some of the phases of life presented in this volume. Yet the smile will, in no case, the author thinks, be at the expense of humanity, good feeling, or vi...

Married Life; Its Shadows and SunshineT. S. Arthur Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine PREFACETHE highest, purest, best and holiest relation in life is that of marriage, which ought never to be regarded as a mere civil contract, entered into from worldly ends, but as an essential union of two ...

Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a SeamstressT. S. Arthur Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress "Work—work—workTill the brain begins to swim;Work—work—workTill the eyes are heavy and dim!Seam, and gusset, and band,Band, and gusset, and seam,Till over the buttons I fall asleep,And sew them on ...