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MY SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE.
CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER.
BYMRS. JOHN SMITH.
PHILADELPHIA:
LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO.
NO. 14 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
1852.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by T. S. ARTHUR, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE CHARLES. PRINTED BY T. K. & P. G. COLLINS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
- MY SPECULATION IN CHINE WARE. 8
- SHOWING WHY THE DINNER WAS LATE. 20
- CHEAP FURNITURE. 38
- A CONVENIENT DISTANCE FROM THE CITY. 55
- A PLAIN FAMILY DINNER. 68
- NOT AT HOME. 85
- RATHER SLIPPERY. 99
- SAUSAGES FOR TEA. 111
- "I WONDER WHO IT IS FROM. MRS. SMITH GETS A GREAT MANY LETTERS." 122
- BROILING A LOBSTER. 146
- "IF ANY THING IS SENT HOME, LAY IT CAREFULLY ON MY BED." 163
- MOTHS IN MY AUCTION SOFA. 178
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. MY SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE. 9
- CHAPTER II. SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS. 21
- CHAPTER III. LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT. 29
- CHAPTER IV. CHEAP FURNITURE. 37
- CHAPTER V. IS IT ECONOMY? 45
- CHAPTER VI. LIVING AT A CONVENIENT DISTANCE. 54
- CHAPTER VII. THE PICKED UP DINNER. 69
- CHAPTER VIII. WHO IS KRISS KRINGLE? 77
- CHAPTER IX. NOT AT HOME. 84
- CHAPTER X. SHIRT BUTTONS. 93
- CHAPTER XI. PAVEMENT WASHING IN WINTER. 98
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- CHAPTER XII. REGARD FOR THE POOR. 105
- CHAPTER XIII. SOMETHING MORE ABOUT COOKS. 110
- CHAPTER XIV. NOT A RAG ON THEIR BACKS. 116
- CHAPTER XV. CURIOSITY. 123
- CHAPTER XVI. HOUSE-CLEANING. 129
- CHAPTER XVII. BROILING A LOBSTER. 147
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRAWBERRY-WOMAN. 150
- CHAPTER XIX. LOTS OF THINGS. 162
- CHAPTER XX. A CURE FOR LOW SPIRITS. 170
- CHAPTER XXI. A BARGAIN. 179
- CHAPTER XXII. A PEEVISH DAY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 187
- CHAPTER XXIII. WORDS. 197
- CHAPTER XXIV. MAY BE SO. 203
- CHAPTER XXV. "THE POOR CHILD DIED." 209