FOLLY AS IT FLIES;

NEW YORK:

G. W. Carleton & Co. Publishers.

LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO.
MDCCCLXVIII.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
G. W. CARLETON & CO.,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York

Lovejoy, Son & Co.,
Electrotypers & Stereotypers,
15 Vandewater Street, N. Y.

To
MY FRIEND

Robert Bonner,

EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK LEDGER.

For fourteen years, the team of Bonner and Fern, has trotted
over the road at 2.40 pace, without a snap
of the harness, or a hitch of the
wheels.—Plenty of oats, and
a skilful rein, the
secret.

Yours Truly,

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Discourse upon Husbands	11
Grandmother's Chat about Children	33
Women and their Discontents	50
Women and some of their Mistakes	68
Notes upon Preachers and Preaching	88
Bridget as she was, and Bridget as she is	103
A Chapter on Tobacco	118
Give the Convicts a Chance	127
A Glance at Washington	133
Glimpses of Camp Life	142
Unwritten History of the War	151
My Summers in New England	163
Boston and New York	182
Some things in New York	188
Working Girls of New York	219
Washing the Baby	230
Children have their Rights	232
Mourning	240
To Young Girls	244
A Little Talk with the Other Sex	253
A Chapter on Men	269
Literary People	274
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