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MOTHERLY TALKS
WITH
YOUNG HOUSEKEEPERS:

EMBRACING

EIGHTY-SEVEN BRIEF ARTICLES ON TOPICS OF HOME INTEREST, AND ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED CHOICE RECEIPTS FOR COOKING, ETC.

BY

MRS. H. W. BEECHER.

NEW YORK:
J. B. FORD AND COMPANY.
1873.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873,

BY J. B. FORD & CO.,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge.[Pg iii]

THIS book, composed of brief and pithy articles, on almost everyconceivable point of household duty, is a friendly monitor for youngwives, and a mine of good sense and information for growing maidens.Originally published in the Household Department of “The ChristianUnion,” the articles have been so frequently called for and inquiredafter by those who had found help in them, that the author yielded tothe desires of others, and has gathered them into this little volume.

Mrs. Beecher’s notion of woman’s sphere is, that, whatever exceptionalwomen may be able to accomplish, by reason of peculiar circumstancesand talents, and freedom from domestic responsibilities, the placeof labor and achievement for most women, and for all married womenand mothers, is Home. And this book is exactly what its title setsforth,—a kind and motherly way of helping the inexperienced to makeagreeable, well-regulated, and happy homes. Following the “Talks” are achoice selection of nearly five hundred Cooking Receipts, all vouchedfor by the author’s own experience and skillful testing.

PART I.
MOTHERLY TALKS WITH YOUNG HOUSEKEEPERS.