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American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes

By Catharine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe

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AMERICAN WOMAN'S HOME: OR, PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE;
- BEING A GUIDE TO THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ECONOMICAL, HEALTHFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND CHRISTIAN HOMES.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V. THE CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF STOVES, FURNACES, AND CHIMNEYS.
  - FURNACES.
- VI.
  - VII.
    - THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- XI.
  - SECRETING ORGANS.
- XII.
- XIII.
- XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
  - XVIII.
- XIX.
  - XX.
- XXI.
- XXII.
- XXIII.
- XXIV.
- XXV.
- XXVI.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- XXVIII.
  - XXIX.
    - STOVES AND GRATES.
    - LIGHTS
    - TO MAKE CANDLES.
- XXX.
  - WASHING DISHES.
    - KITCHEN FURNITURE.
    - CARE OF THE CELLAR.
    - STOREROOM.
    - MODES OF DESTROYING INSECTS AND VERMIN.
- XXXI.
- XXXII.
- XXXIII.
- XXXIV.
- XXXV.
  - HOW TO MAKE AN EARTH-CLOSET.
    - THE ORDINARY PRIVY.
    - REPEATED USE OF EARTH
- XXXVI.
- XXXVII.
- XXXVII.
- AN APPEAL TO AMERICAN WOMEN BY THE SENIOR AUTHOR OF THIS VOLUME.
APPENDIX.