The Home and the Family: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This volume The Home and the Family tells of some of the happenings at Pleasant Valley. One of the school trustees gives a cottage near the school and Miss James, the teacher, occupies it with two of the girls in turn. The decoration and furnishing of the Ellen H. Richards House, as it is called, the repairing of household furnishings, and methods of cleaning of the home are all described. The book also considers the care of the baby as the most important member of the family, and gives a simple lesson on the care of the sick. The final chapter of the book gives a series of lessons on personal efficiency, and the authors have grouped in a summary way the thoughts of the lessons on food and clothing, cleanliness and management, which con tribute to better living.

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