Fanny Fern
Caper-Sauce: A Volume of Chit-Chat about Men, Women, and Things.
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( June 7, 2012)
Caper-Sauce: A Volume of Chit-Chat about Men, Women, and Things by Fanny Fern, author of “Folly as It Flies,” “Ginger-Snaps,” “Fern Leaves,” etc.
CONTENTS
Preface.
Chapter 1. Editors.
Chapter 2. My Notion of Music.
Chapter 3. “Budding Spring”--In the City.
Chapter 4. A Peep at Boston.
Chapter 5. Blackwell’s Island.
Chapter 6. Shall We Have Male or Female Clerks?
Chapter 7. Unknown Acquaintances.
Chapter 8. Life and Its Mysteries.
Chapter 9. Mrs. Washington’s Eternal Knitting.
Chapter 10. The Woman Question.
Chapter 11. Two Kinds of Wives.
Chapter 12. Undertakers’ Signs on Churches.
Chapter 13. A Voice from the Skating Pond.
Chapter 14. The Sin of Being Sick.
Chapter 15. Are Ministers Serfs?
Chapter 16. Blaming Providence for Our Own Faults.
Chapter 17. A Chapter on Nurses.
Chapter 18. Do American Women Love Nature?
Chapter 19. Rainy-Day Pleasures.
Chapter 20. Chit-Chat with Some of My Correspondents.
Chapter 21. My Liking for Pretty Things.
Chapter 22. Unsought Happiness.
Chapter 23. Dignity of Human Nature.
Chapter 24. All about Doctors.
Chapter 25. Letter to Henry Ward Beecher.
Chapter 26. The Amenities of the Table.
Chapter 27. Many Men of Many Minds.
Chapter 28. My Notion of a Walking Companion.
Chapter 29. Men Teachers in Girls’ Schools.
Chapter 30. My Call on “Dexter.”
Chapter 31. The Poetry of Work.
Chapter 32. Can’t Keep a Hotel.
Chapter 33. New Clothes.
Chapter 34. How I Read the Morning Papers.
Chapter 35. Betty’s Soliloquy.
Chapter 36. My Dreadful Bump of Order.
Chapter 37. “Every Family Should Have It.”
Chapter 38. Getting to Rights.
Chapter 39. Modern Martyrs.
Chapter 40. Writing “Compositions.”
Chapter 41. Nice Little Tea-Parties.
Chapter 42. A Sleepless Night.
Chapter 43. Women’s Need of Recreation.
Chapter 44. The Good Old Hymns.
Chapter 45. A Stranger in Gotham.
Chapter 46. My Journey to Quebec and Back Again.
Chapter 47. Idle Hours at Our Own Emerald Isle, the Gem of the Sea.
Chapter 48. Some City Sights.
Chapter 49. Dog-Days in the Mountains.
Chapter 50. Spring in the City.
Chapter 51. Waifs.
Chapter 52. Tact.
Chapter 53. The Infirmities of Genius.
Chapter 54. A Trip to the Caatskills.
Chapter 55. The Trip to Brompton.
Chapter 56. Lake George Revisited.
Chapter 57. Cookery and Tailoring.
Chapter 58. Up the Hudson.
Chapter 59. “Why Don’t I Lecture?”
Chapter 60. In the Cars.
Chapter 61. Petting.
Chapter 62. My Grievance.
Chapter 63. Cemetery Musings.
Chapter 64. The Scrubbing-Brush Mania.
Chapter 65. Sauce for the Gander.
Chapter 66. My First Convert.
Chapter 67. Country Housewives.
Chapter 68. First Morning in the Country.
Chapter 69. Conscience Killing.
Chapter 70. The Cry of a Victim.
Chapter 71. Stones for Bread.
Preface.
Excuse me. None this time. There have already been too many big porticos before little buildings.
FANNY FERN.
NEW YORK, 1872.
CONTENTS
Preface.
Chapter 1. Editors.
Chapter 2. My Notion of Music.
Chapter 3. “Budding Spring”--In the City.
Chapter 4. A Peep at Boston.
Chapter 5. Blackwell’s Island.
Chapter 6. Shall We Have Male or Female Clerks?
Chapter 7. Unknown Acquaintances.
Chapter 8. Life and Its Mysteries.
Chapter 9. Mrs. Washington’s Eternal Knitting.
Chapter 10. The Woman Question.
Chapter 11. Two Kinds of Wives.
Chapter 12. Undertakers’ Signs on Churches.
Chapter 13. A Voice from the Skating Pond.
Chapter 14. The Sin of Being Sick.
Chapter 15. Are Ministers Serfs?
Chapter 16. Blaming Providence for Our Own Faults.
Chapter 17. A Chapter on Nurses.
Chapter 18. Do American Women Love Nature?
Chapter 19. Rainy-Day Pleasures.
Chapter 20. Chit-Chat with Some of My Correspondents.
Chapter 21. My Liking for Pretty Things.
Chapter 22. Unsought Happiness.
Chapter 23. Dignity of Human Nature.
Chapter 24. All about Doctors.
Chapter 25. Letter to Henry Ward Beecher.
Chapter 26. The Amenities of the Table.
Chapter 27. Many Men of Many Minds.
Chapter 28. My Notion of a Walking Companion.
Chapter 29. Men Teachers in Girls’ Schools.
Chapter 30. My Call on “Dexter.”
Chapter 31. The Poetry of Work.
Chapter 32. Can’t Keep a Hotel.
Chapter 33. New Clothes.
Chapter 34. How I Read the Morning Papers.
Chapter 35. Betty’s Soliloquy.
Chapter 36. My Dreadful Bump of Order.
Chapter 37. “Every Family Should Have It.”
Chapter 38. Getting to Rights.
Chapter 39. Modern Martyrs.
Chapter 40. Writing “Compositions.”
Chapter 41. Nice Little Tea-Parties.
Chapter 42. A Sleepless Night.
Chapter 43. Women’s Need of Recreation.
Chapter 44. The Good Old Hymns.
Chapter 45. A Stranger in Gotham.
Chapter 46. My Journey to Quebec and Back Again.
Chapter 47. Idle Hours at Our Own Emerald Isle, the Gem of the Sea.
Chapter 48. Some City Sights.
Chapter 49. Dog-Days in the Mountains.
Chapter 50. Spring in the City.
Chapter 51. Waifs.
Chapter 52. Tact.
Chapter 53. The Infirmities of Genius.
Chapter 54. A Trip to the Caatskills.
Chapter 55. The Trip to Brompton.
Chapter 56. Lake George Revisited.
Chapter 57. Cookery and Tailoring.
Chapter 58. Up the Hudson.
Chapter 59. “Why Don’t I Lecture?”
Chapter 60. In the Cars.
Chapter 61. Petting.
Chapter 62. My Grievance.
Chapter 63. Cemetery Musings.
Chapter 64. The Scrubbing-Brush Mania.
Chapter 65. Sauce for the Gander.
Chapter 66. My First Convert.
Chapter 67. Country Housewives.
Chapter 68. First Morning in the Country.
Chapter 69. Conscience Killing.
Chapter 70. The Cry of a Victim.
Chapter 71. Stones for Bread.
Preface.
Excuse me. None this time. There have already been too many big porticos before little buildings.
FANNY FERN.
NEW YORK, 1872.
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