Evening at Home
The Juvenile Budget Opened
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EVENINGS AT HOME; OR, THE JUVENILE BUDGET OPENED.
PREFACE BY THE AMERICAN PUBLISHERS.
PREFACE TO THE FIFTEENTH LONDON EDITION.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION
THE YOUNG MOUSE.—A Fable.
THE WASP AND BEE.—A Fable.
THE GOOSE AND HORSE.—A Fable.
THE FLYING-FISH.
THE LITTLE DOG.—A Fable.
TRAVELLERS’ WONDERS.
THE DISCONTENTED SQUIRREL.
ON THE MARTEN.
MOUSE, LAPDOG, AND MONKEY.—A Fable.
ANIMALS AND THEIR COUNTRIES.
THE MASK OF NATURE.
THE FARMYARD JOURNAL.
JOURNAL.
THE PRICE OF PLEASURE.
THE RAT WITH A BELL.—A Fable.
THE DOG BALKED OF HIS DINNER.—A Tale.
THE KID.
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
ORDER AND DISORDER.—A Fairy Tale.
LIVE DOLLS.
THE HOG AND OTHER ANIMALS.
THE BULLIES.
THE TRAVELLED ANT.
THE COLONISTS.
THE DOG AND HIS RELATIONS.
THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF A CAT.
CANUTE’S REPROOF TO HIS COURTIERS.
Scene—The seaside, near Southampton. The tide coming in.
DIALOGUE, ON THINGS TO BE LEARNED, BETWEEN MAMMA AND KITTY.
ON THE OAK.—A Dialogue.
ALFRED.—A Drama.
Scene—The Isle of Athelney.
Scene—Before the Cottage.
ON THE PINE AND FIR TRIBE.—A Dialogue.
ON DIFFERENT STATIONS IN LIFE.—A Dialogue.
THE ROOKERY.
THE SHIP.
THINGS BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES.
THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF INDUR.
THE SWALLOW AND TORTOISE.
THE GRASS-TRIBE.
A TEA LECTURE.
THE KIDNAPPERS.
ON MANUFACTURES.
A LESSON IN THE ART OF DISTINGUISHING.
THE PHENIX AND DOVE.
THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER.
THE TWO ROBBERS.
Scene—Alexander the Great in his tent. Guards. A man with a fierce countenance, chained and fettered, brought before him.
THE COUNCIL OF QUADRUPEDS.
TIT FOR TAT.—A Tale.
ON WINE AND SPIRITS.
THE BOY WITHOUT A GENIUS.
HALF A CROWN’S WORTH.
TRIAL[2]
THE LEGUMINOUS PLANTS.
ON MAN.
WALKING THE STREETS.—A Parable.
THE COMPOUND-FLOWERED PLANTS.
ON PRESENCE OF MIND.
PHAETON JUNIOR: or, The Gig Demolished.
WHY AN APPLE FALLS.
NATURE AND EDUCATION.—A Fable.
AVERSION SUBDUED.—A Drama.
Scene—A Road in the Country.
THE LITTLE PHILOSOPHER.
WHAT ANIMALS ARE MADE FOR.
TRUE HEROISM.
ON METALS. PART 1.
FLYING AND SWIMMING.
THE FEMALE CHOICE.—A Tale.
ON METALS. PART II.
EYES AND NO EYES; OR, THE ART OF SEEING.
WHY THE EARTH MOVES ROUND THE SUN.
THE UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS.
HUMBLE LIFE; OR, THE COTTAGERS.
THE BIRTHDAY GIFT.
ON EARTHS AND STONES
SHOW AND USE; OR, THE TWO PRESENTS.
THE CRUCIFORM-FLOWERED PLANTS.
THE NATIVE VILLAGE.—A Drama.
Scene—A scattered Village almost hidden with trees.
Scene II.—The inside of the cottage. An old man sitting by the hearth.
PERSEVERANCE AGAINST FORTUNE.—A Story.
THE GOLDFINCH AND LINNET.
THE PRICE OF A VICTORY.
GOOD COMPANY.
THE WANDERER’S RETURN.
DIFFERENCE AND AGREEMENT OR, SUNDAY MORNING.
THE LANDLORD’S VISIT.—A Drama.
Scene—A room in a farmhouse. Betty, the farmer’s wife; Fanny, a young woman grown up; children of various ages differently employed.
ON EMBLEMS.
LEDYARD’S PRAISE OF WOMEN.
GENEROUS REVENGE.
THE POWER OF HABIT.
THE COST OF A WAR.
GREAT MEN.
THE FOUR SISTERS.
THE GAIN OF A LOSS.
WISE MEN.
A FRIEND IN NEED.
EARTH AND HER CHILDREN.
A SECRET CHARACTER UNVEILED.
A GLOBE-LECTURE.
ENVY AND EMULATION.
PROVIDENCE; OR, THE SHIPWRECK.
EPILOGUE.
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