The American Woman's Home, Or, Principles of Domestic Science: Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian HomesThis volume on the domestic sciences was co-authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe and her elder sister, Catharine Beecher, an educator and reformer who was instrumental in Beecher Stowe's rearing and education after the loss of their mother when Beecher Stowe was five years old. This book contains advice on everything from religion to chimney and furnace cleaning, home decorating to healthcare, exercise and nutrition, as well as laundry, household budgeting, gardening and the care of pets. All-in-all, a very practical and informative tomefor the 19th-century domestic goddess. |
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... need of charity for physical wants in this country - Associated charities - Indiscrimi- nate charity - Impropriety of judging the charities of others . - Pages 233-246 . XIX . ECONOMY OF TIME AND EXPENSES . Economy , vi CONTENTS .
... need of charity for physical wants in this country - Associated charities - Indiscrimi- nate charity - Impropriety of judging the charities of others . - Pages 233-246 . XIX . ECONOMY OF TIME AND EXPENSES . Economy , vi CONTENTS .
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... connected with every duty - Various modes of economizing time - System and order - Unit- ing several objects in one employment - Odd intervals of time - Aiding others in economizing time - Economy in expenses - Contradictory no- tions ...
... connected with every duty - Various modes of economizing time - System and order - Unit- ing several objects in one employment - Odd intervals of time - Aiding others in economizing time - Economy in expenses - Contradictory no- tions ...
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... similar one in Cincinnati , of which the younger authoress of this work was associate principal till her marriage . At this time , the work on Domestic Economy , of which this volume may be called an enlarged edition , although a great ...
... similar one in Cincinnati , of which the younger authoress of this work was associate principal till her marriage . At this time , the work on Domestic Economy , of which this volume may be called an enlarged edition , although a great ...
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... Similar trays , ( Fig . 16 , ) for knives and forks and spoons , serve M Fig . 16 . the same purpose . The sink should be three feet long and three inches deep , its width matching the cook - form . Fig . 18 . Fig . 17 is the second or ...
... Similar trays , ( Fig . 16 , ) for knives and forks and spoons , serve M Fig . 16 . the same purpose . The sink should be three feet long and three inches deep , its width matching the cook - form . Fig . 18 . Fig . 17 is the second or ...
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... similar enjoyments and culture among the poor , ignorant , and neglected ones in desolated sections where many now are perishing for want of such Christian example and influences ? III . A HEALTHFUL HOME . WHEN the wise woman 42 THE ...
... similar enjoyments and culture among the poor , ignorant , and neglected ones in desolated sections where many now are perishing for want of such Christian example and influences ? III . A HEALTHFUL HOME . WHEN the wise woman 42 THE ...
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