. Family secrets; or, Hints to those who would make home happy. c-^ ^/gc^^Z^ (//:/!/./////</. ^,V//^ Z^y, FAMILY SECRETS OR HINTS TO THOSE WHO WOULD MAKE HOME HAPPY, BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WOMEN OF EKGLAKD. I VOL T. PISHEK,SON & CO. ^ NEWGATE STREET, LONDON; RUE ST. HONOR^, PABIS. %l PREFACE, If the occupation of writing books were simply an amusement,how pleasant might the task be made, by dwelling only uponpopular or pleasing themes—by describing human life as ascene of unclouded sunshine, and human nature as exemptfrom sorrow and from sin! But when the office of the writer is undertaken as
. Family secrets; or, Hints to those who would make home happy. c-^ ^/gc^^Z^ (//:/!/./////</. ^,V//^ Z^y, FAMILY SECRETS OR HINTS TO THOSE WHO WOULD MAKE HOME HAPPY, BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WOMEN OF EKGLAKD. I VOL T. PISHEK,SON & CO. ^ NEWGATE STREET, LONDON; RUE ST. HONOR^, PABIS. %l PREFACE, If the occupation of writing books were simply an amusement,how pleasant might the task be made, by dwelling only uponpopular or pleasing themes—by describing human life as ascene of unclouded sunshine, and human nature as exemptfrom sorrow and from sin! But when the office of the writer is undertaken as a duty,rather than a pleasure, the case assumes a widely differentaspect. Human life must then be described, not as it mightbe, but as it is; in order that truth may be recognized underthe garb of fiction; and that error of opinion may thus betraced out to its inevitable consequence—error of conduct. If, then, there be any widely prevailing evil in society,towards which public opinion is lenient in the commencement,and universally severe in the concl
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