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Title: Home Life in Germany

Author: Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

Release Date: March 29, 2009 [EBook #28432]

Language: English

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HOME LIFE IN
GERMANY

BY
MRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK

The Chautauqua Press
CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK
MCMXII

_First Published May 1908_
_Second Edition June 1908_
_Third Edition 1912_

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. CHILDREN 7

III. SCHOOLS 15

IV. THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR 28

V. THE BACKFISCH 36

VI. THE STUDENT 47

VII. RIEHL ON WOMEN 59

VIII. THE OLD AND THE NEW 68

IX. GIRLHOOD