Messrs, Roberts Brothers'" Publications^ 



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BITS OF TALK 



ABOUT HOME MATTERS. 



By H. H. 



Author of " Verses^^ and '■^ Bits of Travel^ i^quart 

 iSmo, Clothy red edges. Price $i.oo. 



"A Nzw GosPKL FOR Mothers. — We wish that every mother in 

 tlse land would read 'Bits of Talk about Home Matters,' by H. H., and 

 that they would read it thoughtfully. The latter suggestion is, however, 

 wholly unnfcessary: the book seizes one's thoughts and sympathies, as 

 only startling truths presented with direct earnestness can do. . . . The 

 adoption of her sentiments would wholly change the atmosphere in muny 

 ft house to what it ought to be, and bring almost constant sunshine and 

 bliss where now too often are storm and misery." — Lawrence {Kansat) 

 Journal 



" In the li:tle book entitled ' Bits of Talk,' by H. H , Messrs. Roberta 

 Brothers have given to the world an uncommonly useful collection o( 

 essays, — useful certainly to all parents, and likely to do good to all chil. 

 dren. Other people have doubtless held as correct views on the subjects 

 treated here, though few have ever advanced them ; and none that we are 

 iware have made them so attractive as they are made by H. H.'s crisp 

 and sparkling style No one opening the book, even though without rea- 

 son for special interest in its topics, could, after a glimpse at its pages, 

 lay it down unread ; and its bright and witty scintillations will fix many a 

 precept and establish many a fact. ' Bits of Talk ' is a book that ought 

 to have a place of honor in every household ; for it teaches, not only the 

 true dignity of parentage, but of childhood. As we read it, we laugh and 

 cry with the author, and acknowledge that, since the child is father of ths 

 man, in being the champion of childhood, she is the chsn>pion of the 

 whole coming race. Great is the rod, but H. H. ie not its prophet I" — 

 Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, in Neivburypori Herald. 



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