Family & Relationships
And So They Were Married
This is the story of Elizabeth North, a young woman who becomes engaged and with the aid of a social climbing friend begins to plan her wedd…
Virginia
Virginia does everything right: she attends a finishing school, marries the first man who proposes, and devotes her life to her husband and …
Hope Farm Notes
“Most of these notes were originally printed in the Rural New-Yorker from week to week and covering a period of about 20 years. . . . From t…
Children's Book of Patriotic Stories
Here is a book of Patriotic Stories for children, to stand beside the similar collections of Christmas Stories and Thanksgiving Stories, whi…
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue
Join Bunny Brown, a spirited six-year-old boy, and his cheerful five-year-old sister, Sue, as they embark on a series of charming adventures…
Bulbs and Blossoms
Two young children, recently arrived back in England from India, discover their aunt's old gardener, and together they explore the beautiful…
The Pathway of the Pioneer
The story of seven girls who have banded themselves together for mutual help and cheer under the name of "Nous Autres." They repre…
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, apparently patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly…
Daddy Takes Us Skating
Hal and Mabel's Daddy knows everything - how a thermometer works, what makes a car go, why we get warm when we run. It's a cold and icy even…
Miss Lochinvar
At breakfast, Mr. Graham drops the bombshell that his niece -- Joan, Jane or Janet, he's not sure which, will be arriving from the west to l…
The Whys of Cooking
An entertaining yet informative look at the history of Crisco, its place in the "modern" kitchen, basic recipes and how to set up …
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill
Brave, adventurous and loyal, recently-orphaned Ruth Fielding is sent to live with her estranged Uncle Jabez at the Red Mill in Cheslow, New…
The Man On The Other Side
Ruth never expected to have a house of her own. Raised in an orphanage, she is forced to work for her living. She chooses to work in a book …
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle
This book was written about 150 years ahead of its time. It tells the story of Emmeline Mobwray who grows up in a dysfunctional family and h…
Don't Marry
This book doesn't advise against marriage but just offers advice on the errors some people can make who make the wrong choice when entering …
The Life Of Riley
Enjoy the classic radio series, The Life Of Riley, from 1949. This beloved show captures the humorous and heartwarming moments of family lif…
The Whole Family
A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage…
The Heel of Achilles
After a difficult childhood, Lydia Raymond, a lower middle class girl, decides to explore her own individuality and climbs the social ladder…
The Mother and the Child
In this insightful lecture from 1915, renowned educational reformer Maria Montessori explores the profound relationship between mothers and …
The Two Brothers
“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La R…