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A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
By Catharine Esther Beecher
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- A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY,
- FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES AT HOME, AND AT SCHOOL.
- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.
- DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
- CHAPTER I. THE PECULIAR RESPONSIBILITIES OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
- CHAPTER II. DIFFICULTIES PECULIAR TO AMERICAN WOMEN.
- CHAPTER III. REMEDIES FOR THE PRECEDING DIFFICULTIES.
- CHAPTER IV. ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY AS A BRANCH OF STUDY.
- CHAPTER V. ON THE CARE OF HEALTH.
- BONES.
- MUSCLES.
- NERVES.
- BLOOD-VESSELS.
- ORGANS OF DIGESTION AND RESPIRATION.
- OF THE SKIN.
- CHAPTER VI. ON HEALTHFUL FOOD.
- CHAPTER VII. ON HEALTHFUL DRINKS.
- CHAPTER VIII. ON CLOTHING.
- CHAPTER IX. ON CLEANLINESS.
- CHAPTER X. ON EARLY RISING.
- CHAPTER XI. ON DOMESTIC EXERCISE.
- CHAPTER XII. ON DOMESTIC MANNERS.
- CHAPTER XIII. ON THE PRESERVATION OF A GOOD TEMPER IN A HOUSEKEEPER.
- CHAPTER XIV. ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
- CHAPTER XV. ON GIVING IN CHARITY.
- CHAPTER XVI. ON ECONOMY OF TIME AND EXPENSES.
- CHAPTER XVII. ON HEALTH OF MIND.
- CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE CARE OF DOMESTICS.
- CHAPTER XIX. ON THE CARE OF INFANTS.
- CHAPTER XX. ON THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
- CHAPTER XXI. ON THE CARE OF THE SICK.
- CHAPTER XXII. ON ACCIDENTS AND ANTIDOTES.
- CHAPTER XXIII. ON DOMESTIC AMUSEMENTS AND SOCIAL DUTIES.
- CHAPTER XXIV. ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES.
- CHAPTER XXV. ON FIRES AND LIGHTS.
- CHAPTER XXVI. ON WASHING.
- CHAPTER XXVII. ON STARCHING, IRONING, AND CLEANSING.
- ON IRONING.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. ON WHITENING, CLEANSING, AND DYEING.
- ON COLORING.
- CHAPTER XXIX. ON THE CARE OF PARLORS.
- CHAPTER XXX. ON THE CARE OF BREAKFAST AND DINING-ROOMS.
- CHAPTER XXXI. ON THE CARE OF CHAMBERS AND BEDROOMS.
- CHAPTER XXXII. ON THE CARE OF THE KITCHEN, CELLAR, AND STOREROOM.
- ON THE CARE OF THE CELLAR.
- STOREROOM.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. ON SEWING, CUTTING, AND MENDING.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. ON THE CARE OF YARDS AND GARDENS.
- CHAPTER XXXV. ON THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. ON THE CULTIVATION OF FRUIT.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTIONS.
- NOTE.
- A GLOSSARY OF SUCH WORDS AND PHRASES AS MAY NOT EASILY BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE YOUNG READER.
- INDEX.
- FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES AT HOME, AND AT SCHOOL.
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