"Bits about Home Matters" by Helen Hunt Jackson is a collection of opinions and essays about life and home matters. As an activist and popular writer, her opinions were highly sought after which helped encourage her to write this collection. The Inhumanities of Parents--Corporal Punishment, The Inhumanities of Parents--Needless Denials, The Inhumanities of Parents--Rudeness, Breaking the Will, The Reign of Archelaus, The Awkward Age, A Day with a Courteous Mother, Children in Nova Scotia, The Republic of the Family, The Ready-to-Halts, The Descendants of Nabal, "Boys not allowed", Half an Hour in a Railway Station, A Genius for Affection are a few of the essays in this volume.