The luxury of children & some other luxuries
By: by Edward Sanford Martin. Illustrated by Sarah S. Stilwell
Publisher: Harper & brothers
Published: 1905
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Child rearing
Description: An often romanticized discussion of children and childrearing written at a time when the birthrate was falling in the U.S.
Notes: First appeared in Harper's magazine
Table of contents: The luxury of children.; Some children in particular.; Other people's children.; Parents.; Strong points of infancy.; Naughtiness.; Girls and their education.; The exchange of children.; Children as an incentive.; Women.; Real life.; The pinch of comfort.; A proper place for grandparents.; Winter in the country