{"product_id":"2940149597086","title":"Fresh Leaves","description":"Every writer has his parish. To mine, I need offer no apology for presenting,\u003cbr\u003eFirst, a new story which has never before appeared in print;\u003cbr\u003eSecondly, the “hundred-dollar-a-column story,” respecting the remuneration of which, skeptical paragraphists have afforded me so much amusement. (N. B.—My banker and I can afford to laugh!) This story having been published when “The New York Ledger” was in the dawn of its present unprecedented circulation, and never having appeared elsewhere, will, of course, be new to many of my readers;\u003cbr\u003eThirdly, I offer them my late fugitive pieces, which have often been requested, and which, with the other contents of this volume, I hope will cement still stronger our friendly relations.\u003cbr\u003eFANNY FERN. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e PAGE\u003cbr\u003eA Business Man’s Home; or, a Story for Husbands, 9\u003cbr\u003eVisiting and Visitors, 43\u003cbr\u003eOur First Nurse, 47\u003cbr\u003eThe Shadow of a Great Rock in a Weary Land, 52\u003cbr\u003eTo Literary Aspirants, 53\u003cbr\u003eSummer Travel, 56\u003cbr\u003eA Gentle Hint, 59\u003cbr\u003eA Story for Old Husbands with Young Wives, 59\u003cbr\u003eBreakfast at the Paxes, 65\u003cbr\u003eGirls’ Boarding-Schools, 68\u003cbr\u003eCloset Meditations, 71\u003cbr\u003eFeminine View of Napoleon as a Husband, 73\u003cbr\u003e“First Pure,” 79\u003cbr\u003eHoliday Thoughts, 82\u003cbr\u003eA Headache, 85\u003cbr\u003eHas a Mother a Right to her Children? 87\u003cbr\u003e“And ye shall call the Sabbath a Delight,” 89\u003cbr\u003e“Come on, Macduff,” 93\u003cbr\u003eLook Aloft, 95\u003cbr\u003eKnickerbocker and Tri-Mountain, 98\u003cbr\u003eThe Boston Woman, 100\u003cbr\u003eThe New York Male, 101\u003cbr\u003eThe Boston Male, 102\u003cbr\u003eMy Old Inkstand and I, 103\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul and the Stomach, 106\u003cbr\u003eAwe-ful Thoughts, 107\u003cbr\u003eA Word to Parents and Teachers, 108\u003cbr\u003eLady Doctors, 111\u003cbr\u003eThe Cherub in the Omnibus, 112\u003cbr\u003eFanny Ford, 114\u003cbr\u003eMoral Molasses, 210\u003cbr\u003eA Word to Shopkeepers, 212\u003cbr\u003eA Much-Needed Kind of Minister’s Wife, 215\u003cbr\u003e[Pg viii]Parent and Child, 217\u003cbr\u003eLast Bachelor Hours of Tom Pax, 220\u003cbr\u003eTom Pax’s Conjugal Soliloquy, 222\u003cbr\u003eTea and Darning-Needles for Two, 226\u003cbr\u003eA House without a Baby, 232\u003cbr\u003eGlances at Philadelphia, No. 1, 233\u003cbr\u003eGlances at Philadelphia, No. 2, 237\u003cbr\u003eGlances at Philadelphia, No. 3, 242\u003cbr\u003eGlances at Philadelphia, No. 4, 246\u003cbr\u003eIn the Dumps, 249\u003cbr\u003ePeeps from under a Parasol, 252\u003cbr\u003eThe Confession Box, 263\u003cbr\u003eA Word to Parents and Teachers, 266\u003cbr\u003eBreakfast, 268\u003cbr\u003eGreenwood and Mount Auburn, 269\u003cbr\u003eGetting Up the Wrong Way, 272\u003cbr\u003eA Hot Day, 277\u003cbr\u003eFuneral Notes, 278\u003cbr\u003eThe “Favorite” Child, 282\u003cbr\u003eA Question and its Answer, 283\u003cbr\u003eWinter, 284\u003cbr\u003eA Gauntlet for the Men, 286\u003cbr\u003eSoliloquy of a Literary Housekeeper, 289\u003cbr\u003eA Breakfast-Table Reverie, 290\u003cbr\u003eA Glance at a Chameleon Subject, 295\u003cbr\u003eFacts for Unjust Critics, 297\u003cbr\u003eTry Again, 301\u003cbr\u003eFair Play, 302\u003cbr\u003eTo Gentlemen, 305\u003cbr\u003eTo the Ladies, 307\u003cbr\u003eMatrimonial Advertisements, 309\u003cbr\u003eA Sable Subject, 310\u003cbr\u003eNew York, 313\u003cbr\u003eAiry Costumes, 315\u003cbr\u003eA Peep at the Opera, 317\u003cbr\u003eHard Times, 318\u003cbr\u003eCounter Irritation, 321\u003cbr\u003eSunday in Gotham, 324\u003cbr\u003eAnniversary Time, 327\u003cbr\u003eWayside Words, 330\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Bronte, 332\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112008859888,"sku":"2940149597086","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149597086_p0.jpg?v=1763719986","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149597086","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}