{"product_id":"2940013268128","title":"THE HEARTH-STONE: THOUGHTS UPON HOME-LIFE IN OUR CITIES","description":"These thoughts are published for the same reason that led the author from time to time to put them upon paper,—a wish to meet a want in the sphere of the affections rather than to claim any honor in the kingdom of ideas. Wherever important questions have been at issue he has not avoided them, however conspicuous or controverted; but the volume aims to breathe a kindly spirit above the reach of sect and party. He is not ashamed to have his style show something of the habit of his profession, and to use, in part, ideas that he has expressed in the lyceum and the pulpit in a different form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt will be seen that the several subjects connect themselves more or less closely with a year’s life in the household, and that the light which cheers the whole twelvemonth is kindled on the hearth-stone at Christmas and New Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe state of things in our American cities is now so peculiar, so marked by privilege and peril, that no earnest plea for home affections and virtues can be wholly thrown away. To dedicate books to conspicuous names is a custom now almost obsolete, and if the Author were to venture upon any dedication of this little volume it would read somewhat thus:—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTO THOSE WHO HAVE EVER LOVED HOME,\u003cbr\u003eAND WHO WISH TO LOVE IT ALWAYS.","brand":"vladislav sogan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079369179376,"sku":"2940013268128","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013268128_p0.jpg?v=1763579171","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013268128","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}