A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at SchoolCatharine Esther Beecher
A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
Catharine Esther Beecher
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Book language: English
444 pages
A 19th-century American manual of household management and domestic education. Catharine Esther Beecher offers guidance on running a home, health, and the schooling of young women. It is a valuable window into the domestic ideals and practical concerns of its era.
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Transcriber's Note:
Page numbers 10 and 370 were skipped in the original text; they are not missing. There were two pages 355 and 356 in the original; the two between page 354 and the first page 355 have been renumbered 354a and 345b and references to them in the text changed accordingly.
Printer errors were corrected silently and hyphenation was made consistent, but variant spellings have been preserved.
A
TREATISE
ON
DOMESTIC ECONOMY, FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES AT HOME, AND AT SCHOOL. BY MISS CATHERINE E. BEECHER. REVISED EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND ILLUSTRATIVE ENGRAVINGS. NEW-YORK: HĵǡǙŧǡ & BǡLjǵƒŧǡǪ, 82 CƯƗff Sǵǡŧŧǵ. 1845. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by TƒLjƽĵǪ H. Wŧœœ, & CLj., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
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