Plates . . viii
Preface and Acknowledgements . . xi
Introduction . . xiii

Part I Prescription . . 1
1 Childhood . . 3
2 Boyhood . . 12
3 Girlhood . . 23
4 Parenthood . . 37

Part II Parenting . . 53
5 Care and Affection . . 55
6 Marital Partnership . . 64
7 Children Who Died . . 81
8 Maternity . . 94
9 Motherly Performance . . 108
10 Fatherly Performance . . 129
11 Fathers and Educating Boys . . 149
12 Mothers and Educating Boys . . 173
13 The Public Schools . . 196
14 Boys at University . . 208
15 The Schoolroom . . 220
16 Girls at School . . 244
17 Training for Society . . 259

Part III Children . . 281
18 Personal Testimony . . 283
19 Home . . 292
20 School . . 312
21 Travel . . 327
22 Friendship and Love . . 339
23 Identity: Class, Nation and Gender . . 351

Abbreviations . . 369
Notes . . 370
Bibliography . . 402
Index . . 415