xii POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN 

 HEALTH 



PAGE 



Nurses — ' Janet's Eepentauoe ' — Private hospitals — Siok-nursing 

 — Convalescence — Medical books . ... 296 



AMATEUR ARTISTS 



Amateurs — Want of occupation — Work amongst the poor — 

 Music and drawing — Buskin's teaching — Technical skill — 

 Natural and acquired talent — ^Leaving home — Water-colours 

 versus oils 307 



DAVGHTERS 



School-girls — Ignorance of parents — The confidence of children 

 must be gained — The way to do it — Drawbacks of nurseries 

 and school-rooms — Over-education — Show-training — Deli- 

 cate girls — A woman's vocation — Superficial teaching — 

 Children's tempers — Modern girls — Herbert Spencer and 

 education — J. P. Eichter — Liberty and independence — 

 Serious studies— What young girls should read— Parents 

 and children — Friendships — Girls' allowances — Dress — 

 Professions — Strong feelings — Management of house and 

 family — Early rising — ^Life in society 317 



APPENDIX 

 Japanese art of arranging cut flowers 353 



Index 367 



