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Short essay on the refusal of husbands to assist their wives in choosing a desired dinner; includes an extract from 'Apple Fritters' from a forthcoming cookery book where every recipe was to be the subject of a short romance. (PB)
Brief tale of a family who occupy the new untenanted land brought by John Brown, formerly governor of Rhode Island, to establish a settlement. Includes the story of a race between one of the family's daughters and a local youth in which he lost the race, twice, but won the girl. (PB)
Sisters, Maria and Susan Elderby, daughters of a clergyman in a small village, are awaiting the return of a rich cousin from abroad. Susan sells her hair just before he arrives in order to assist a needy widow and son - but all ends happily. (PB)
The story opens in 1860 at an army encampment at Kawara, where the narrator recalls an incident with the 'Maories' about 20 years before. Sailing around the world the ship he was in reached NZ and he went ashore with a crew of men in a high swell. On landing they were captured by 'Maories' and forced to partake of a feast on a young girl. Only the narrator escaped alive. (PB)