The Project Gutenberg E-text of Trials and Confessions of a Houskeeper

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Author

Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885

Title

Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper

Credits

Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Home economics -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4622

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4622

Release Date

November 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TRIALS AND CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER. — BY
2. 2.T. S. Arthur — PHILADELPHIA: 1859. — INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER. — CHAPTER I. — MY SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE. — CHAPTER II. — SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS. — CHAPTER III. — LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT. — CHAPTER IV. — CHEAP FURNITURE. — CHAPTER V. — IS IT ECONOMY? — CHAPTER VI. — LIVING AT A CONVENIENT DISTANCE. — CHAPTER VII. — THE PICKED-UP DINNER. — CHAPTER VIII. — WHO IS KRISS KRINGLE? — CHAPTER IX. — NOT AT HOME. — CHAPTER X. — SHIRT BUTTONS. — CHAPTER XI. — PAVEMENT WASHING IN WINTER. — CHAPTER XII. — REGARD FOR THE POOR. — CHAPTER XIII. — SOMETHING MORE ABOUT COOKS. — CHAPTER XIV. — NOT A RAG ON THEIR BACKS. — CHAPTER XV. — CURIOSITY. — CHAPTER XVI. — HOUSE-CLEANING. — CHAPTER XVII. — BROILING A LOBSTER. — CHAPTER XVIII. — THE STRAWBERRY-WOMAN. — CHAPTER XIX. — LOTS OF THINGS. — CHAPTER XX. — A CURE FOR LOW SPIRITS. — CHAPTER XXI. — A BARGAIN. — CHAPTER XXII. — A PEEVISH DAY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. — CHAPTER XXIII. — WORDS. — CHAPTER XXIV. — MAY BE SO. — CHAPTER XXV. — "THE POOR CHILD DIED." — CHAPTER XXVI. — THE RIVAL BONNETS. — CHAPTER XXVII. — MY WASHERWOMAN. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — MY BORROWING NEIGHBOR. — CHAPTER XXIX. — EXPERIENCE IN TAKING BOARDERS. — CHAPTER XXX. — TWO WAYS WITH DOMESTICS. — CHAPTER XXXI. — A MOTHER'S DUTY.

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