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| INTRODUCTORY NOTE | vii |
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| HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS |
| I. | The Ravages of a Carpet | 1 |
| II. | Homekeeping vs. Housekeeping | 16 |
| III. | What is a Home? | 33 |
| IV. | The Economy of the Beautiful | 54 |
| V. | Raking Up the Fire | 69 |
| VI. | The Lady who does her own Work | 85 |
| VII. | What can be got in America | 101 |
| VIII. | Economy | 112 |
| IX. | Servants | 133 |
| X. | Cookery | 153 |
| XI. | Our House | 182 |
| XII. | Home Religion | 212 |
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| THE CHIMNEY-CORNER |
| I. | What will You do with Her? or, The Woman Question | 231 |
| II. | Woman’s Sphere | 249 |
| III. | A Family Talk on Reconstruction | 274 |
| IV. | Is Woman a Worker? | 300 |
| V. | The Transition | 316 |
| VI. | Bodily Religion: A Sermon on Good Health | 330 |
| VII. | How shall we entertain our Company? | 347 |
| VIII. | How shall we be Amused? | 362 |
| IX. | Dress, or Who makes the Fashions | 374 |
| X. | What are the Sources of Beauty in Dress? | 395 |
| XI. | The Cathedral | 412 |
| XII. | The New Year | 425 |
| XIII. | The Noble Army of Martyrs | 438 |
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| OUR SECOND GIRL | 449 |
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| A SCHOLAR’S ADVENTURES IN THE COUNTRY | 473 |
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| TRIALS OF A HOUSEKEEPER | 487 |
