A man devotes his life to getting on, and the good time is always one more year away — while his wife and children have the life he is postponing. Arthur left school at thirteen, half-blind and apprenticed to a watchmaker, and became one of the most widely read Americans of his century; the moral is on the surface, and the portrait of a household waiting for a father to arrive at his own life is underneath it.
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The Hand but Not the Heart : Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
The Home Mission
The Two Wives : Or, Lost and Won
The Iron Rule : Or, Tyranny in the Household
Riches have wings; or, A tale for the rich and poor : Navigating the Perils of Wealth: A Moral Tale on Riches and Happiness
True Riches; Or, Wealth Without Wings
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink
The power of kindness and other stories : Enriched edition. A book for the example and encouragement of the young
Ten Nights in a Bar Room : Enriched edition.
After a Shadow and Other Stories
