Main Index
As the number of pages here will be rather large this index will be changed and subdivided as the project develops.
- Introduction
- Preface
- The House
- The Modern Builder
- Building, Buying, and Renting Houses
- The House
- A Country Villa
- Drainage and Sanitation
- Warming and Ventilation
- Buying a House
- Taking a House - The Law of Landlord and Tenant
- The Tenant's Obligations to his Landlord
- Rates and Taxes
- Fixtures
- House Furnishing
- Home Making
- Decoration and Furniture
- Harmony in Colour and Design
- Art and Nature in Decoration
- Fitness in Furniture and Decoration
- Furnishing
- Furnishing on the Hire System
- Modern Furnishing
- The Approach
- The Entrance
- Across the Threshold
- The Hall
- The Reception Rooms
- Drawing-room Carpets
- Surrounds
- Underfelt
- Stair Carpets
- Bedroom Carpets
- Coverings for Carpets
- The Dining Room
- The Drawing-room
- Curtains
- Overmantels
- Chimney Glasses
- Girandoles
- Over Doors
- Screens
- Occasional Furniture
- Pianos
- The Library
- The Bedrooms
- Bedroom Furniture
- Fancy Furniture
- Table Ware
- Table Cutlery
- Kitchen Utensils
- Household Linens, Blankets, Quilts
- Imitation Stained-Glass
- Housekeeping
- Housekeeping
- How to Make Sensible Housekeepers
- Income and Expenditure
- Buying
- Checking Goods on Delivery
- Laundry Bills
- Servants - How to secure and retain them
- Courtesy in the Kitchen
- Health of Servants
- The Duties of Servants
- The Cook
- The Housemaid
- The Parlour-Maid
- The Kitchen-Maid
- The Nurse-Maid
- The Nursery Governess
- The Law of Master and Servant
- The Spring Cleaning
- Making Beds
- Moving
- The Store Room
- Common sense about tinned goods
- Making the best of it
- An Impromptu Menu
- Impromptu Dishes
- Variety in Food
- Seasons of Foods
- Seasonable Regimen
- Quenching thirst
- Fruit
- Drinking at meals
- Fruit v. Water
- Safe Drinking
- Alcohol
- Choosing Meat
- Animal Physiology
- Keeping Meat
- Choosing Poultry, Game, &c
- Choosing Fish
- A Lesson in Cooking
- Mixing the Pudding
- Potting the Pudding
- Boiling the Pudding
- Serving the Pudding
- Sweet Sauce