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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