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Bits About Home Matters

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Bits About Home Matters

by Helen Hunt Jackson

English· 5:56:11· 40 chapters
This book is a collection of short observations by Helen Hunt Jackson, several with children and parenting as the subject matter. (Summary by ashleighjane)
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    01 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Corporal Punishment

    11:48
  2. Chapter 2

    02 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Needless Denials

    16:15
  3. Chapter 3

    03 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Rudeness

    16:41
  4. Chapter 4

    04 - Breaking the Will

    16:01
  5. Chapter 5

    05 - The Reign of Archelaus

    13:29
  6. Chapter 6

    06 - The Awkward Age

    09:09
  7. Chapter 7

    07 - A Day With a Courteous Mother

    09:15
  8. Chapter 8

    08 - Children in Novia Scotia

    08:13
  9. Chapter 9

    09 - The Republic of the Family

    10:47
  10. Chapter 10

    10 - The Ready-to-Halts

    06:19
  11. Chapter 11

    11 - The Descendants of Nabal

    10:47
  12. Chapter 12

    12 - "Boys Not Allowed"

    08:42
  13. Chapter 13

    13 - Half an Hour in a Railway Station

    09:15
  14. Chapter 14

    14 - A Genius for Affection

    08:40
  15. Chapter 15

    15 - Rainy Days

    09:56
  16. Chapter 16

    16 - Friends of the Prisoners

    07:52
  17. Chapter 17

    17 - A Companion for the Winter

    09:36
  18. Chapter 18

    18 - Choice of Colors

    05:44
  19. Chapter 19

    19 - The Apostle of Beauty

    10:45
  20. Chapter 20

    20 - English Lodging-Houses

    09:01
  21. Chapter 21

    21 - Wet the Clay

    07:17
  22. Chapter 22

    22 - The King's Friend

    04:57
  23. Chapter 23

    23 - Learning to Speak

    06:19
  24. Chapter 24

    24 - Private Tyrants

    09:32
  25. Chapter 25

    25 - Margin

    04:46
  26. Chapter 26

    26 - The Fine Art of Smiling

    07:33
  27. Chapter 27

    27 - Death-bed Repentance

    07:11
  28. Chapter 28

    28 - The Correlation of Moral Forces

    05:46
  29. Chapter 29

    29 - A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner

    07:01
  30. Chapter 30

    30 - Children's Parties

    07:14
  31. Chapter 31

    31 - After-Supper Talk

    05:39
  32. Chapter 32

    32 - Hysteria in Literature

    10:14
  33. Chapter 33

    33 - Jog Trot

    05:52
  34. Chapter 34

    34 - The Joyless American

    06:02
  35. Chapter 35

    35 - Spiritual Teething

    08:05
  36. Chapter 36

    36 - Glass Houses

    07:18
  37. Chapter 37

    37 - The Old-Clothes Monger in Journalism

    04:50
  38. Chapter 38

    38 - The Country Landlord's Side

    10:42
  39. Chapter 39

    39 - The Good Staff of Pleasure

    08:59
  40. Chapter 40

    40 - Wanted - a Home

    12:39