Description: FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsThematic Connections1. Mason Locke Weems (1759-1825)Chapter IChapter II. Birth and EducationChapter IIIChapter XIII. Character of Washington2. American Tract Society (1825-Present)*Tract No. 92: "The Forgiving African: An Authentic Narrative"*Tract No. 128: "Poor Sarah: or, The Indian Woman"*Tract No. 175: "To Mothers"*Tract No. 493: "Beware of Bad Books"*Tract No. 512: "Murderers of Fathers, and Murderers of Mothers," by Rev. Edward Hitchcock, D.D., President of Amherst College*Tract No. 515: "Novel-Reading"3, Gift Books4. Maria Monk (1816-1849?)PrefaceChapter I. Early RecollectionsChapter II. Congregational NunneryChapter VI. Taking the VeilChapter VIII. Description of ApartmentsChapter XVII. Treatment of Young InfantsChapter XIX. The Priests of the DistrictChapter XX. More Visits5. Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)Sheppard Lee, Written By Himself (1836)Book I. Containing Instructions How to Spend and How to Retrieve a FortuneBook VI. Containing a History and a Moral6. Catherine Esther Beecher (1800-1878)Chapter I. The Peculiar Responsibilities of American WomenChapter XII. On Domestic MannersChapter XIV. On Habits of System and OrderChapter XVI. On Economy of Time and Expenses7. George Lippard (1822-1854)Preface to This EditionBook the First. The First Night8. Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819-1899)*"The Wife's Victory" (1847)*"The Married Shrew: A Sequel to The Wife's Victory" (1847)9. Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1809-1887 and 1811-1896)Section I. Physiological Conditions as Affecting and Indicating CharacterSection II. Phrenological Conditions as Indicating Character10. Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)11. George Aiken (1850-1876)12. Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885)13. Antiabolition Tracts14. Bret Harte (1836-1902)*"John Jenkins; or, The Smoker Reformed, by T.S.A-TH-R" (1867)*"Muck-a-Muck: A Modern Indian Novel. After Cooper" (1867)*"The Luck of Roaring Camp" (1868)*"Miggles" (1869)*"Plain Language from Truthful James" ("The Heathen Chinee") (1870)*"Further Language from Truthful James" (1870)*"The Latest Chinese Outrage" (1878)15. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911)16. William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873)17. Thomas C. Harbaugh (1849-1924)18. Laura Jean Libbey (1862-1925)19. Charles Monroe Sheldon (1857-1946)Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VI

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