The House That Jill Built, after Jack's Had Proved a Failure
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Chapters (53)
- The
- HOUSE THAT JILL BUILT,
- After Jack's Had Proved A Failure.
- A Book On
- HOME ARCHITECTURE,
- With Illustrations,
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- From Drawings by the Author.
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
- PREFACE
- TO THE REVISED EDITION.
- INTRODUCTION
- THE HOUSE THAT JILL BUILT.ToC CHAPTER I.
- A WISE FATHER AND A GLAD SON-IN-LAW.
- CHAPTER II.ToC
- MORAL SUASION FOR MALARIAL MARSHES.
- CHAPTER III.ToC
- A FIRST VISIT AND SAGE ADVICE.
- CHAPTER IV.ToC
- MANY FIRES MAKE SMALL DIVIDENDS.
- CHAPTER V.ToC
- WHEN THE FLOODS BEAT AND THE RAINS DESCEND.
- CHAPTER VI.ToC
- THE WISDOM OF JILL IN THE KITCHEN.
- CHAPTER VII.ToC
- BE HONEST AND KEEP WARM.
- CHAPTER VIII.ToC
- TRUTH, POETRY AND ROOFS.
- CHAPTER IX.ToC
- PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE—BLINDS AND BESSIE.
- CHAPTER X.ToC
- MORE QUESTIONS OF FIRE AND WATER.
- CHAPTER XI.ToC
- WHAT SHALL WE STAND UPON?
- CHAPTER XII.ToC
- FROM MATHEMATICS TO ANCIENT BRIC-A-BRAC.
- CHAPTER XIII.ToC
- ECONOMY, CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH.
- CHAPTER XIV.ToC
- SAFE FLUES AND MORE LIGHT.
- CHAPTER XV.ToC
- A DANGEROUS RIVAL.
- CHAPTER XVI.ToC
- A NEW WAY OF GETTING UP STAIRS AND A NEW MISSIONARY FIELD.
- CHAPTER XVII.ToC
- THE RIGHT SIDE OF PAINT; A PROTEST AND A PROMISE.
- CHAPTER XVIII.ToC
- THE HOUSE FINISHED AND THE HOME BEGUN.
- CHAPTER XIX.ToC
- TEN YEARS AFTER.
- CHAPTER XX.ToC
- A DOUBLE CONCLUSION.
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