A Treatise on Domestic Economy
by Catharine Esther Beecher
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About this eBook
- Author
- Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878
- Title
- A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
- Original Publication
- New-York: Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street. 1845.
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Jason Isbell, Karen Dalrymple, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TX: Technology: Home economics
- Subject
- Home economics
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21829
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21829
- Release Date
- June 14, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY,
- 2.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.
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