Directed at “middling” and lower-class women who could not afford servants, it was an early attempt to raise domesticity to a level of competence equal to that of other skilled trades.
Physical Description: 130 p. 15 cm.
Notes: In ink on front end sheet "Acc'n no.66 Emily Blair"
Above the Introductory Chapter is written in pencil "A.B. Whitney."
On the inside of the back cover is a recipe for Ice Cake in pencil and fading to illegibility on front cover and end sheet, in pencil recipes but water stained, illegible.
Status: OK
Status By: Wescott, Kay
Status Date: 2020-07-14