Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur
"Timothy Shay Arthur has done more for American literature than any one other person. His name will be remembered and loved, when those of his critics will be forgotten, together with their productions. I doubt if there is another man in the country who has done such a vast, such a measureless amount of good with the pen. There is probably not another American writer who has produced so much, as Arthur."
"Arthur was the most popular and widely read author of his times!"
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Timothy Shay Arthur BOOKS
Letters to a Young Wife,from a Married Lady'.
Shadows!'.
(Must reading for husbands!)
Our Daily Life'.
Guests in the Heart'.
The Shadows We Cast.
Bear and Forbear'.
An Hour with Myself!'.
Loved Too Late'.
(Must reading for husbands!)
Our Life Romance'.
Imperishable Beauty!'.
Fruits of Sorrow'.
Very Poor!'.
(On Christian contentment!)
At Home'.
Haven't Time'.
(Must reading for fathers!)
Kate's Experiment!'.
(must reading for wives)
The Power of Kindness'.
Obedience in Children'.
Two Systems of Child Training'.
The Gentle Warning'.
The Prodigal Son!'.
The Quest for Happiness'.
New Aims in Life'.
My First Sermon'.
The Bitter Cup!'.
Under a Cloud!'.
The Temptation!'.
Don't Mention It!'.
(the sin of gossip)
The Emancipated Wife'.
Riches and Poverty!'.
WEALTH!'.
Industry and Idleness'.
Romance and Reality'.
A Mystery Explained'.
(for all who struggle with debt)
The Wages of the Poor'.
From Death unto Life'.
Duty and Kindness'.
As We Forgive'.
Dealing with Adversity'.
Gentle Hand'.
Angels with Us Unawares'.
An Angel in Disguise'.
Heavenly-minded'.
Wheat or Tares?'.
The Two Pictures'.
The Merchant's Son'.
Is He a Christian?'.
Entering Heaven'.
Every Wrinkle a Line of Beauty'.
The Heiress!'.
The Humbled Pharisee'.
A Lesson in Life'.
(about "retirement")
Following the Fashions'.
Now and Today'.
In the Way of Temptation'.
The Two Husbands'.
I Will!'.
Formation of Character'.
(for parents)
Do You Suffer More than Your Neighbor?'.
Bodily Deformity—Spiritual Beauty'.
Nothing to Spare!'.
Spending Money'.
Ours, Loved, and "Gone Before"'.
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining'.
Manly Gentleness'.
TRIFLES'.
BEAUTY'.
The Evening Before Marriage'.
Marriage'.
The Good Match!'.
Helping the Poor'.
Luxuries Lost and Happiness Won'.
Marrying Well'.
Engaged at Sixteen!'.
The Daughter-in-Law'.
Making a Sensation'.
Little Lizzie'.
Blessed Are the Beloved'.
How to be Happy'.
Shadows from a Clouded Brow'.
Not Great, But Happy'.
The Step-mother'.
Giving That Does Not Impoverish'.
The Genii of the Gold Mines!'.
My Father'.
The School Girl'.
Not at Home!'.
The Home of Taste'.
The Brilliant — and the Commonplace'.
(biographical)
The Daughter'.
The Evening Prayer'.
The Social Serpent'.
(The sin of gossip!)
Other People's Eyes'.
Spare Moments'.
You Are the Man!'.
The Unhappy Wife'.
The Estrangement'.
For the Fun of it!'.
How to Attain True Greatness'.
Forgive and Forget!'.
The Last Penny'.
A Peevish Day, and its Consequences'.
The Iron Will'.
The Duties of Brothers and Sisters'.
Sisters and Brothers'.
The Brother's Temptation'.
The Son of My Friend'.
The Parkers'.
The Nursery Maid'.
The Thankless Office'.
Slow and Sure'.
Sunday Religion'.
The Deathbed'.
Playing Mother'.
The Daughter 1'.
Which Was Most the Lady?'.
On Guard'.
Something for a Cold'.
The Young Music Teacher'.
The Gift of Beauty'.
The Rich and the Poor'.
Regulation of the Temper'.
He Must Have Meant Me!'.
A Good Investment'.
A Story of the American Revolution'.
The Wife'.
Good-Hearted People'.
The Darkened Pathway'.
If I Were Only in Heaven'.
Is it Well with You?'.
Our Heavenly Homes'.
Origin and Destiny'.
What's in a Name'.
Putting Your Hand in Your Neighbor's Pockets'.
A Penny Saved, Is a Penny Gained'.
Dressed for a Party'.
Human Life'.
I'll See About It'.
A Visit with the Doctor'.
Kind Words'.
The Life to Come'.
Paying the Pastor'.
Three Scenes in the Life of a Woldling'.
The Dead'.
We Are Led by a Way That We Know Not'.
Not as Our Ways'.
The Hermit!'.
Returning Good for Evil'.
Both are to Blame'.
The Mistakes of a Rising Family'.
Had I Been Consulted'.
The Old Village Church'.
Quarrels with Neighbors'.
No Time for Trouble'.
The Neglected One'.
A Gleam of Sunshine'.
The Touching Reproof'.
My Fortune's Made'.
The Grandfather's Advice'.
My Washerwoman'.
Owe No Man Anything'.
A Good Name'.
The Fatal Error'.
Retirement'.
The Love Secret'.
The Two Invalids'.
What Can I Do?'.
Water'.
Have a Flower in Your Room'.
The White Dove'.
The Scarlet Poppy'.
Arthur Leland'.
Aunt Mary's Suggestion'.
Unredeemed Pledges'.
Thistle-down'.
The Portrait!'.
Number Twelve'.
Mother'.
Words'.
The Town Lot'.
How to Be Happy'.
How to Be Happy 1.
A New Pleasure'.
Andy Lowell'.
Was it Murder, or Suicide?'.
Visiting Neighbors'.
It's None of My Business'.
Human Longings for Peace and Rest'.
The Little Children'.
Passing Away'.
The Use of Flowers'.
The Family of Michael Arout'.
An Angel in Every House'.
Great Principles and Small Duties'.
Vulgar People'.
Common People'.
The Mothers Promise'.
The Right of Way'.
The Lay Preacher'.
Emma and Her Sixpence'.
Hints and Helps For Married People'.
The Christian Gentleman'.
Home'.
Out of Tune'.
Slave or Free?'.
The Temperance Song'.
The Temperance Pledge'.
The Failing Hope'.
The Distiller's Dream'.
Time, Faith, Energy'.
Flushed with Wine'.
Brandy as a Preventative'.
Coffee Versus Brandy'.
The Methodist Preacher'.
The Face and the Life'.
Amy's Question'.
Jacob Jones'.
Rich and Rare Were the Gems She Wore'.
Blessing of a Good Deed'.
I'll See About It!'.
Match-making'.
Little Bill'.
Will it Pay?'.
Taking Toll'.
Coals of Fire'.
Faith and Patience'.
"All of the books from the pen of Timothy Shay Arthur are most interesting, and of a high moral and useful tone. To read any of them, must improve the character and the conduct. Mr. Arthur's works are all wholesome; they inculcate morality and purify the feelings — by tastefully illustrating the beauties of virtue, and the iniquities of vice.