TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION.
II. A CHRISTIAN HOUSE.
III. A HEALTHFUL HOME.
IV. SCIENTIFIC DOMESTIC VENTILATION.
V. THE CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF STOVES, FURNACES, AND CHIMNEYS.
VI. HOME DECORATION.
VIII. DOMESTIC EXERCISE.
IX. HEALTHFUL FOOD.
X. HEALTHFUL DRINKS.
XI. CLEANLINESS.
XII. CLOTHING.
XIII. GOOD COOKING.
XIV. EARLY RISING
CHAPTER XV. DOMESTIC MANNERS.
CHAPTER XVI. THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD TEMPER IN THE HOUSEKEEPER.
CHAPTER XVII. HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
XIX. ECONOMY OF TIME AND EXPENSES.
XXI. THE CARE OF INFANTS.
XXII. THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
XXIII. DOMESTIC AMUSEMENTS AND SOCIAL DUTIES.
XXIV. CARE OF THE AGED.
XXV. THE CASE OF SERVANTS.
XXVI. CARE OF THE SICK.
CHAPTER XXVII. ACCIDENTS AND ANTIDOTES.
XXVIII. SEWING, CUTTING, AND MENDING.
XXX. THE CARE OF ROOMS.
XXXI. THE CARE OF YARDS AND GARDENS.
XXXII. THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS.
XXXIII. THE CULTIVATION OF FRUIT.
XXXIV. THE CARE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
XXXV. EARTH-CLOSETS.
XXXVI. WARMING AND VENTILATION
XXXVII. CARE OF THE HOMELESS, THE HELPLESS, AND THE VICIOUS.
XXXVII. THE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AN APPEAL TO AMERICAN WOMEN BY THE SENIOR AUTHOR OF THIS VOLUME.
Title: The American Woman's Home
Author: Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
Edition: 10
Language: English
Produced by Steve Schulze, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
AMERICAN WOMAN'S HOME: OR, PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE;
BEING A GUIDE TO THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ECONOMICAL, HEALTHFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND CHRISTIAN HOMES.
BY CATHERINE E. BEECHER AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA, IN WHOSE HANDS REST THE REAL DESTINIES OF THE REPUBLIC, AS MOULDED BY THE EARLY TRAINING AND PRESERVED AMID THE MATURER INFLUENCES OF HOME, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
