Foreword

Contents

CHAPTER I HOMES OF THE COLONISTS

CHAPTER II THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

CHAPTER III THE KITCHEN FIRESIDE

CHAPTER IV THE SERVING OF MEALS

CHAPTER V FOOD FROM FOREST AND SEA

CHAPTER VI INDIAN CORN

CHAPTER VII MEAT AND DRINK

CHAPTER VIII FLAX CULTURE AND SPINNING

CHAPTER IX WOOL CULTURE AND SPINNING With a Postscript on Cotton

CHAPTER X HAND-WEAVING

CHAPTER XI GIRLS' OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER XII DRESS OF THE COLONISTS

CHAPTER XIII JACK-KNIFE INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER XIV TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND TAVERNS

CHAPTER XV SUNDAY IN THE COLONIES

CHAPTER XVI COLONIAL NEIGHBORLINESS

CHAPTER XVII OLD-TIME FLOWER GARDENS

Index

Transcriber's Note:
This e-text was prepared from the reprint edition published in 1974 by Berkshire Traveller Press. Copyrighted materials from that edition, including the modern preface and illustrations, are not included.