Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened. John Aikin

ON WINE AND SPIRITS.

       THE BOY WITHOUT A GENIUS.

       HALF A CROWN’S WORTH.

       TRIAL [2]

       THE LEGUMINOUS PLANTS.

       ON MAN.

       WALKING THE STREETS.— A Parable.

       THE COMPOUND-FLOWERED PLANTS.

       ON PRESENCE OF MIND.

       PHAETON JUNIOR: or, The Gig Demolished .

       WHY AN APPLE FALLS.

       NATURE AND EDUCATION.— A Fable.

       AVERSION SUBDUED.— A Drama.

       Scene — A Road in the Country .

       THE LITTLE PHILOSOPHER.

       WHAT ANIMALS ARE MADE FOR.

       TRUE HEROISM.

       ON METALS. PART 1.

       FLYING AND SWIMMING.

       THE FEMALE CHOICE.— A Tale.

       ON METALS. PART II.

       EYES AND NO EYES; OR, THE ART OF SEEING.

       WHY THE EARTH MOVES ROUND THE SUN.

       THE UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS.

       HUMBLE LIFE; OR, THE COTTAGERS.

       THE BIRTHDAY GIFT.

       ON EARTHS AND STONES

       SHOW AND USE; OR, THE TWO PRESENTS.

       THE CRUCIFORM-FLOWERED PLANTS.

       THE NATIVE VILLAGE.— A Drama.

       Scene— A scattered Village almost hidden with trees .

       Scene II.— The inside of the cottage. An old man sitting by the hearth.

       PERSEVERANCE AGAINST FORTUNE.— A Story.

       THE GOLDFINCH AND LINNET.

       THE PRICE OF A VICTORY.

       GOOD COMPANY.

       THE WANDERER’S RETURN.

       DIFFERENCE AND AGREEMENT OR, SUNDAY MORNING.

       THE LANDLORD’S VISIT.— A Drama.

       Scene— A room in a farmhouse . Betty , the farmer’s wife ; Fanny , a young woman grown up ; children of various ages differently employed .

       ON EMBLEMS.

       LEDYARD’S PRAISE OF WOMEN.

       GENEROUS REVENGE.

       THE POWER OF HABIT.

       THE COST OF A WAR.

       GREAT MEN.

       THE FOUR SISTERS.

       THE GAIN OF A LOSS.

       WISE MEN.

       A FRIEND IN NEED.

       EARTH AND HER CHILDREN.

       A SECRET CHARACTER UNVEILED.

       A GLOBE-LECTURE.

       ENVY AND EMULATION.

       PROVIDENCE; OR, THE SHIPWRECK.

       EPILOGUE.

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