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: value: The luxury of children.; value: Some children in particular.; value: Other people's children.; value: Parents.; value: Strong points of infancy.; value: Naughtiness.; value: Girls and their education.; value: The exchange of children.; value: Children as an incentive.; value: Women.; value: Real life.; value: The pinch of comfort.; value: A proper place for grandparents.; value: Winter in the country