The author has successfully accomplished a difficult task in writing a clever and practical book on the important subject of matrimony … This book, which is at once entertaining and full of wise precepts, deserves to be widely read.
PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
CHAPTER I.
HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED
CHAPTER II.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE?MARRIED?
CHAPTER III.
MARRIAGE-MADE MEN
CHAPTER IV.
THE CHOICE OF A WIFE
CHAPTER V.
THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND
CHAPTER VI.
ON MAKING THE BEST OF A BAD MATRIMONIAL BARGAIN
CHAPTER VII.
MARRIAGE CONSIDERED AS A DISCIPLINE OF CHARACTER
CHAPTER VIII.
BEING MARRIED
CHAPTER IX.
HONEYMOONING
CHAPTER X.
MARRIAGE VOWS
CHAPTER XI.
"DRIVE GENTLY OVER THE STONES!"
CHAPTER XII.
FURNISHING
CHAPTER XIII.
MARRIED PEOPLE'S MONEY
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MANAGEMENT OF SERVANTS
CHAPTER XV.
PREPARATION FOR PARENTHOOD
CHAPTER XVI.
"WHAT IS THE USE OF A CHILD?"
CHAPTER XVII.
THE EDUCATION OF PARENTS
CHAPTER XVIII.
WANTED!?MOTHERS
CHAPTER XIX.
"NURSING FATHERS"
CHAPTER XX.
POLITENESS AT HOME
CHAPTER XXI.
SUNSHINE
CHAPTER XXII.
THEY HAD A FEW WORDS
CHAPTER XXIII.
PULLING TOGETHER
CHAPTER XXIV.
NETS AND CAGES
CHAPTER XXV.
HUSBANDS HAVE DUTIES TOO
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE HEALTH OF THE FAMILY
CHAPTER XXVII.
LOVE SURVIVING MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXVIII.
"HE WILL NOT SEPARATE US, WE HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY"
