Chapter I: Part I: Motherly Talks with Young Housekeepers

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I. System in Work 3

II. March 7

III. Spring Labor 11

IV. Sunshine and Fresh Air 14

V. House-cleaning 17

VI. Washing-day 21

VII. Putting Clothes to soak 25

VIII. Patient Continuance in Well-doing 28

IX. Preparing for the Country 32

X. Heedlessness 35

XI. Washing Flannels 38

XII. June Cares 42

XIII. Pure Air and thorough Ventilation 46

XIV. Milk and Butter 49

XV. Making Cheese 53

XVI. A troublesome Question 57

XVII. Woman’s Kingdom 63

XVIII. The Kitchen 66

XIX. How much is a Wife worth? 70

XX. Teach little Boys to be useful 74

XXI. Bleaching, Starching, and removing Stains 78

XXII. To iron Shirts, Vests, and Embroideries 84

XXIII. A Talk about Beds 88

XXIV. Marketing 91

XXV. Trust your Children 96

XXVI. Who invented Bread? 100

XXVII. How about the little Girls? 107

XXVIII. Stealing Servants 112

XXIX. Fall Cleaning 117

XXX. Fashionable Dress 122

XXXI. Lessons by the Wayside 126

XXXII. Pauline Pry 130

XXXIII. Buy your Cage before you catch your Bird 135

XXXIV. Care in selecting a House 138

XXXV. Visiting for one’s own Convenience 141

XXXVI. Will they Board, or keep House? 146

XXXVII. Choice of Colors in Dress 151

XXXVIII. Harmonizing Colors in Dress 156

XXXIX. A Word about Moths 160

XL. Winter Butter 164

XLI. Repairs 169

XLII. Accurate Weights and Measures in Cooking 173

XLIII. Teaching little Girls to sew 176

XLIV. The Care of Poultry 180

XLV. Institutions for the Education of Women 184

XLVI. Great Mistakes 189

XLVII. Study to make Home attractive 193

XLVIII. The Care of Cooking-Stoves and Ranges 198

XLIX. The Old Ways and the New 202

L. A few Hints on Carving 206

LI. Parental Example 209

LII. True Taste more effective than Money 213

LIII. Cooking by Steam 217

LIV. Vegetables 221

LV. Cabbage 225

LVI. Pulse 229

LVII. Pot-herbs and Salads 234

LVIII. Mistakes in cooking Vegetables 237

LIX. Divided Family Government 242

LX. How can we secure good Servants? 247

LXI. The Guest-Chamber 250

LXII. The Care of Infants 255

LXIII. Personal Neatness 261

LXIV. Are House-Plants injurious to the Health? 266

LXV. Bad Butter 271

LXVI. October 277

LXVII. The Slavery of Fashion 282

LXVIII. Pickling and Preserving 287

LXIX. What has become of all the little Girls? 292

LXX. Procrastination 297

LXXI. The surest Remedy 302

LXXII. A few little Things 308

LXXIII. Planning for the Week 312

LXXIV. Shopping 316

LXXV. Dusting 320

LXXVI. A Chapter on Soups 323

LXXVI. More about Soups 328

LXXVIII. Testing Character 333

LXXIX. If we knew! 337

LXXX. In such an Hour as ye think not 342

LXXXI. Grumbling 346

LXXXII. Little Foxes spoiling the beloved Vine 351

LXXXIII. Waste not--want not 356

LXXXIV. Making Cake and Pastry 360

LXXXV. As thy Day so shall thy Strength be 366

LXXXVI. What we know not now we shall know hereafter 370

LXXXVII. Until Death do us part 375