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Mary Wollstonecraft. Original stories from real life
Original stories from real life
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAP. I. The Treatment of Animals.—The Ant.—The Bee.—Goodness.—The Lark’s Nest.—The Asses
CHAP. II. The Treatment of Animals.—The Difference between them and Man.—Parental Affection of a Dog.—Brutality punished
CHAP. III. The treatment of Animals.—The Story of crazy Robin.—The Man confined in the Bastille
CHAP. IV. Anger.—History of Jane Fretful
CHAP. V. Lying.—Honour.—Truth.—Small Duties.—History of Lady Sly and Mrs. Trueman
CHAP. VI. Anger.—Folly produces Self-contempt, and the Neglect of others
CHAP. VII. Virtue the Soul of Beauty.—The Tulip and the Rose.—The Nightingale.—External Ornaments.—Characters
CHAP. VIII. Summer Evening’s Amusement.—The Arrival of a Family of Haymakers.—Ridicule of personal Defects censured.—A Storm.—The Fear of Death.—The Cottage of honest Jack, the shipwrecked Sailor.—The History of Jack, and his faithful Dog Pompey
CHAP. IX. The Inconveniences of immoderate Indulgence
CHAP. X. The Danger of Delay.—Description of a Mansion-house in Ruins.—The History of Charles Townley
CHAP. XI. Dress.—A Character.—Remarks on Mrs. Trueman’s Manner of dressing.—Trifling Omissions undermine Affection
CHAP. XII. Behaviour to Servants.—True Dignity of Character
CHAP. XIII. Employment.—Idleness produces Misery.—The Cultivation of the Fancy raises us above the Vulgar, extends our Happiness, and leads to Virtue
CHAP. XIV. Innocent Amusements.—Description of a Welsh Castle.—History of a Welsh Harper.—A tyrannical Landlord.—Family Pride
CHAP. XV. Prayer.—A Moon-light Scene.—Resignation
CHAP. XVI. The Benefits arising from Devotion.—The History of the Village School-mistress.—Fatal Effects of Inattention to Expences, in the History of Mr. Lofty
CHAP. XVII. The Benefits arising from Devotion.—The History of the Village School-mistress concluded
CHAP. XVIII. Visit to the School-mistress.—True and false Pride
CHAP. XIX. Charity.—The History of Peggy and her Family.—The Sailor’s Widow
CHAP. XX. Visit to Mrs. Trueman.—The Use of Accomplishments.—Virtue the Soul of all
CHAP. XXI. The Benefit of bodily Pain.—Fortitude the Basis of Virtue.—The Folly of Irresolution
CHAP. XXII. Journey to London
CHAP. XXIII. Charity.—Shopping.—The distressed Stationer.—Mischievous Consequences of delaying Payment
CHAP. XXIV. Visit to a poor Family in London.—Idleness the Parent of Vice.—Prodigality and Generosity incompatible.—The Pleasures of Benevolence.—True and false Motives for saving
CHAP. XXV. Mrs. Mason’s farewell Advice to her young Friends
