Stepping-Stones to Happiness

This volume contains a charming guide to happiness by early feminist author Harriet Spofford. Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835 - 1921) was an American writer famous for her novels, poems and detective fiction. Other notable works by this author include: 'Azarian: An Episode' (1864), 'New England Legends' (1871), and 'The Thief in the Night' (1872). Contents include: 'The Use of the Present', 'On a Texas Prairie', 'A Mirage', 'The Present Time', 'The Uses of This World', 'Advancing Years', 'Looking Backward', 'Disenchantment', 'Illusions', 'Idle Regrets', 'Going Over Dry Shod', 'Perpetual Hope', 'An Ideal World', 'A Child's Discovery', et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.