. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . aken, I wish them wellT^ith all my heart, and take great interest in their nest-building. To ask critics to be merciful at a time when new so numerous that our eyes ache with reading and our•fingers with turning the pages, would be to ask them not todo their duty. They are the policemen of literature, and theyare bound to make bad and worthless books move on out■of the way of their betters. I can only hope that if any noticethis little venture they may not feel obliged to crush itamong the stoure, as the Ayrshire plough
. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . aken, I wish them wellT^ith all my heart, and take great interest in their nest-building. To ask critics to be merciful at a time when new so numerous that our eyes ache with reading and our•fingers with turning the pages, would be to ask them not todo their duty. They are the policemen of literature, and theyare bound to make bad and worthless books move on out■of the way of their betters. I can only hope that if any noticethis little venture they may not feel obliged to crush itamong the stoure, as the Ayrshire ploughman had to crushthe wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower. I take this opportunity of thanking M. H., my best friend,without whose help and sympathy this book would be a worse-one than it is, and my life much more unsatisfactory. Part of the first chapter was published in Chamherss Journal,and I am indebted to CasseWs Saturday Journal (or two anec-dotes. I now tender my best thanks to the proprietors of thoseperiodicals for permission to reprint the
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