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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.