Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper

Project Gutenberg's Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper, by T. S. Arthur This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper Author: T. S. Arthur Posting Date: August 30, 2009 [EBook #4622] Release Date: November, 2003 First Posted: February 20, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRIALS, CONFESSIONS OF HOUSEKEEPER *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. TRIALS AND CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER. BY T. S. Arthur PHILADELPHIA: 1859. INTRODUCTION. UNDER the title of Confessions of a Housekeeper, a portion of the matter in this volume has already appeared. The book is now considerably increased, and the range of subjects made to embrace the grave and instructive, as well as the agreeable and amusing. The author is sure, that no lady reader, familiar with the trials, perplexities, and incidents of housekeeping, can fail to recognize many of her own experiences, for nearly every picture that is here presented, has been drawn from life. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. MY SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE. II. SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS. III. LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT. IV. CHEAP FURNITURE. V. IS IT ECONOMY? VI. LIVING AT A CONVENIENT DISTANCE. VII. THE PICKED-UP DINNER.