Columns

Full-text transcriptions of Fern's weekly columns in The New York Ledger, along with images of the complete Ledger issues, arranged chronologically.

1856

• Column from January 5, 1856 unavailable
• Column from January 12, 1856 unavailable
• Column from January 19, 1856 unavailable
• Column from January 26, 1856 unavailable
• "Getting Up the Wrong Way," February 2, 1856
• "Tom Pax's Conjugal Soliloquy," February 9, 1856
• "To the Children Who Read The New York Ledger," February 16, 1856
• "Tea and Darning Needles 'For Two!'," February 23, 1856
• "Men Who Blush," March 1, 1856
• "Things I Should Like to See," March 8, 1856
• "A Glance at a Chameleon Subject," March 15, 1856
• "Breakfast at the Paxes'," March 22, 1856
• "Peeps from Under a Parasol," March 29, 1856
• "Soliloquy of Overgrown Fifteen," April 5, 1856
• "A Tilt at the New Spring Bonnets," April 5, 1856
• "'Parasol' Repairs," April 5, 1856
• "Peeps from Under a Parasol.—No. 2.," April 12, 1856
• "Peeps from Under a Parasol.—No. 3.," April 19, 1856
• "Launch of the Adriatic," April 26, 1856
• "'Come On MacDuff'," May 3, 1856
• "'Leaves of Grass,'" May 10, 1856
• "'Little Benny,'" May 10, 1856
• "Anniversary Time," May 17, 1856
• "Jenny and The Butcher," May 24, 1856
• "A Fern Leaf for the Men," May 24, 1856
• "The Two Babes," May 31, 1856
• "Peeps from Under a Parasol—No. 4," June 7, 1856
• "The Little Sisters," June 14, 1856
• "Ours; Or, A Look Backward," June 21, 1856
• "Try Again," June 21, 1856
• "A Story for Old Husbands With Young Wives," June 28, 1856
• "Look Aloft," July 5, 1856
• "Summer Travel," July 12, 1856
• "A Gentle Hint," July 12, 1856
• Column from July 19, 1856 unavailable
• "Closet Meditations," July 26, 1856
• "A Premonitory Squib Before Independence," August 2, 1856
• "Is It So? And If So, Why So?" August 2, 1856
• "A Short Article on a Very 'Long Island,'" August 9, 1856
• "The Vacant Lot," August 16, 1856
• "A Feminine View of Napoleon as a Husband," August 23, 1856
• "Fair Play; or, Both Sides of the Story," August 30, 1856
• "Greenwood and Mount Auburn," September 6, 1856
• "Funeral Notes," September 13, 1856
• "A Letter," September 20, 1856
• "Crotchets," September 27, 1856
• "Moral Molasses; or, Too Sweet By Half," October 4, 1856
• "Knickerbocker and Tri-Mountain," October 11, 1856
• "Knickerbocker and Tri-Mountain. Number Two," October 18, 1856
• "A Word to Parents and Teachers," October 25, 1856
• "A City Shower," November 1, 1856
• "Awe-ful Thoughts," November 1, 1856
• "Airy Costumes," November 8, 1856
• "Answers to Fern Correspondents," November 15, 1856
• "To Those Whom the Cap Fits," November 15, 1856
• "The Old Sexton," November 22, 1856
• Column from November 29, 1856 unavailable
• "To Literary Aspirants," December 6, 1856
• "The Shadow of a Great Rock in a Weary Land," December 6, 1856
• "To Gentlemen. A Call to Be a Husband," December 13, 1856
• "To the Ladies. A Call to Be a Wife," December 13, 1856
• "Biographical Whitewash," December 20, 1856
• "Foolish Fashions," December 27, 1856
• "Errata," December 27, 1856

1857

• "Matrimonial Advertisements," January 3, 1857
• "Things That Surprise Me," January 3, 1857
• "Niagara—A Contrast," January 3, 1857
• "Music," January 10, 1857
• "The Empress Josephine," January 10, 1857
• "The Male Flirt," January 17, 1857
• "'What Is a Lady?'" January 17, 1857
• "Holiday Thoughts," January 24, 1857
• "First Pure," January 31, 1857
• [untitled], February 7, 1857
• "Paper Pellets," February 14, 1857
• "A Gauntlet For the Men," February 21, 1857
• "The 'Favorite' Child,'" February 28, 1857
• "A House Without a Baby," February 28, 1857
• "A Much-Needed Kind of Minister's Wife," March 7, 1857
• "To a Correspondent," March 7, 1857
• "A Word to Parents and Teachers," March 14, 1857
• "Breakfast," March 14, 1857
• "A Headache," March 21, 1857
• "The Autograph Fever," March 28, 1857
• "A Crying Evil," March 28, 1857
• "Has a Mother a Right to Her Children?" April 4, 1857
• "The Soul—and the Stomach," April 4, 1857
• "The Cherub in the Omnibus," April 11, 1857
• "Lady Doctors," April 11, 1857
• "Girls' Boarding Schools," April 18, 1857
• "'And Ye Shall Call the Sabbath a Delight,'" April 25, 1857
• "Tabitha Trot's Soliloquy Over Her Tea," May 2, 1857
• "Parent and Child; or, Which Shall Rule," May 9, 1857
• "A Picture," May 9, 1857
• "A Sable Subject," May 16, 1857
• "Soliloquy of a Literary Housekeeper," May 16, 1857
• "Male Criticism on Ladies' Books," May 23, 1857
• "Wayside Words," May 30, 1857
• "For the Children Who Read the New York Ledger," May 30, 1857
• "Charlotte Bronte," June 6, 1857
• "Facts for Unjust Critics," June 13, 1857
• "A Word to Shop-Keepers," June 20, 1857
• "For the Children Who Read the New York Ledger," June 27, 1857
• "In the Dumps," July 4, 1857
• "Peeps at Philadelphia. Number One," July 11, 1857
• "Peeps at Philadelphia. Number Two," July 18, 1857
• "Peeps at Philadelphia. Number Three," July 25, 1857
• "Peeps at Philadelphia. Number [Four]," August 1, 1857
• "Widow Hawthorne's Soliloquy," August 1, 1857
• "Visiting and Visitors," August 8, 1857
• "Mother's Room," August 15, 1857
• "A Hot Day," August 15, 1857
• "Shut Up Your Mouth," August 22, 1857
• "What Shall We Name the Baby?," August 22, 1857
• "To Writers," August 22, 1857
• "Mamma, Am I Pretty?" August 29, 1857
• "Traveling Companions," September 5, 1857
• "A Trip to the Caatskills. Number One," September 12, 1857
• "A Trip to the Caatskills. Number Two," September 19, 1857
• "A Trip to the Caatskills. Number Three," September 26, 1857
• "A Trip to the Caatskills. Number Four," October 3, 1857
• "'Fresh Leaves, by Fanny Fern,'" October 10, 1857
• "Lady Doctors," October 17, 1857
• "A Word on the Other Side," October 24, 1857
• "Things I Have Lately Seen," October 31, 1857
• "Hard Times," November 7, 1857
• "Panics—Male and Female," November 14, 1857
• "Servants," November 21, 1857
• "International Copyright," November 28, 1857
• "To Young Ladies," December 5, 1857
• "Child-Actors," December 12, 1857
• "'Where Have I Been, and What Have I Seen?'" December 19, 1857
• "Is Not Woman Capable of It?" December 26, 1857

1858

• "Living in Brooklyn," January 2, 1858
• "Holiday Presents," January 9, 1858

More columns forthcoming.