The House That Jill Built
by E. C. Gardner
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About this eBook
- Author
- Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence), 1836-1915
- Title
- The House That Jill Built, after Jack's Had Proved a Failure
- Credits
- Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading ( www.pgdp.net), from images generously provided by the Hearth Library, Cornell University ( hearth.library.cornell.edu/).
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NA: Fine Arts: Architecture
- Subject
- Architecture, Domestic
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 15678
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15678
- Release Date
- April 30, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.The — HOUSE THAT JILL BUILT, — After Jack's Had Proved A Failure. — A Book On
- 3.BY E.C. GARDNER,
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — From Drawings by the Author .
- 6.INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
- 7.PREFACE — TO THE REVISED EDITION.
- 8.INTRODUCTION
- 9.CHAPTER I. — A WISE FATHER AND A GLAD SON-IN-LAW.
- 10.CHAPTER II. ToC — MORAL SUASION FOR MALARIAL MARSHES.
- 11.CHAPTER III. ToC — A FIRST VISIT AND SAGE ADVICE.
- 12.CHAPTER IV. ToC — MANY FIRES MAKE SMALL DIVIDENDS.
- 13.CHAPTER V. ToC — WHEN THE FLOODS BEAT AND THE RAINS DESCEND.
- 14.CHAPTER VI. ToC — THE WISDOM OF JILL IN THE KITCHEN.
- 15.CHAPTER VII. ToC — BE HONEST AND KEEP WARM.
- 16.CHAPTER VIII. ToC — TRUTH, POETRY AND ROOFS.
- 17.CHAPTER IX. ToC — PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE—BLINDS AND BESSIE.
- 18.CHAPTER X. ToC — MORE QUESTIONS OF FIRE AND WATER.
- 19.CHAPTER XI. ToC — WHAT SHALL WE STAND UPON?
- 20.CHAPTER XII. ToC — FROM MATHEMATICS TO ANCIENT BRIC-A-BRAC.
- 21.CHAPTER XIII. ToC — ECONOMY, CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH.
- 22.CHAPTER XIV. ToC — SAFE FLUES AND MORE LIGHT.
- 23.CHAPTER XV. ToC — A DANGEROUS RIVAL.
- 24.CHAPTER XVI. ToC — A NEW WAY OF GETTING UP STAIRS AND A NEW MISSIONARY FIELD.
- 25.CHAPTER XVII. ToC — THE RIGHT SIDE OF PAINT; A PROTEST AND A PROMISE.
- 26.CHAPTER XVIII. ToC — THE HOUSE FINISHED AND THE HOME BEGUN.
- 27.CHAPTER XIX. ToC — TEN YEARS AFTER.
- 28.CHAPTER XX. ToC — A DOUBLE CONCLUSION.
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