Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
by T. S. Arthur
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- TRIALS AND CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER.
- T. S. Arthur
- PHILADELPHIA: 1859.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS.
- CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER.
- CHAPTER I. MY SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE.
- CHAPTER II. SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS.
- CHAPTER III. LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.
- CHAPTER IV. CHEAP FURNITURE.
- CHAPTER V. IS IT ECONOMY?
- CHAPTER VI. LIVING AT A CONVENIENT DISTANCE.
- CHAPTER VII. THE PICKED-UP DINNER.
- CHAPTER VIII. WHO IS KRISS KRINGLE?
- CHAPTER IX. NOT AT HOME.
- CHAPTER X. SHIRT BUTTONS.
- CHAPTER XI. PAVEMENT WASHING IN WINTER.
- CHAPTER XII. REGARD FOR THE POOR.
- CHAPTER XIII. SOMETHING MORE ABOUT COOKS.
- CHAPTER XIV. NOT A RAG ON THEIR BACKS.
- CHAPTER XV. CURIOSITY.
- CHAPTER XVI. HOUSE-CLEANING.
- CHAPTER XVII. BROILING A LOBSTER.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRAWBERRY-WOMAN.
- CHAPTER XIX. LOTS OF THINGS.
- CHAPTER XX. A CURE FOR LOW SPIRITS.
- CHAPTER XXI. A BARGAIN.
- CHAPTER XXII. A PEEVISH DAY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
- CHAPTER XXIII. WORDS.
- CHAPTER XXIV. MAY BE SO.
- CHAPTER XXV. "THE POOR CHILD DIED."
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE RIVAL BONNETS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. MY WASHERWOMAN.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. MY BORROWING NEIGHBOR.
- CHAPTER XXIX. EXPERIENCE IN TAKING BOARDERS.
- CHAPTER XXX. TWO WAYS WITH DOMESTICS.
- CHAPTER XXXI. A MOTHER'S DUTY.
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