THE HOUSEWIFE'S TREASURY. o BEETON'S i HOUSEWIFE'S TREASURY OF DOMESTIC INFORMATION. COMPRISING COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS ON THE HOUSE AND ITS FURNITURE— ARTISTIC DECORATION — ECONOMY — TOILET — CHILDREN— ETIQUETTE -DOMESTIC AND FANCY NEEDLEWORK, DRESSMAKING AND MILLINERY, AND ALL OTHER HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. WITH EVERY REQUISITE DIRECTION TO SECURE THE COMFORT, ELEGANCE, AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOME. A COMPANION VOLUME TO "MRS. BEETON'S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT." LONDON : WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED, WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C. NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE RESEARCH LIBRARY GETTY RESEARCH IftSTITUTB PREFACE. As is announced on the title-page, this is a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management." The enormous popularity of that work— to which there is no parallel in the domestic literature of the country— induces the publishers to hope that this will be received with an equal amount of favour. « Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management," as all are aware, deals principally with Food and the various modes of its preparation. Now, there are many other matters in connection with which inex- perienced and even experienced housekeepers need instruction and guidance : these are all fully discussed in the following pages. The present work aims at making home the abode of comfort, elegance, and happiness ; and it will be found to contain countless directions on matters about which every one is eager to know some- thing, but which are usually left to the expensive teaching of individual experience. We have, first of all, gone fully into a description of the " House and its Furniture," and under this head have tried to convey clear and reliable information on all points connected with buying, building, renting, and furnishing. The subject of " Furnishing with Taste" is then dealt with, and the reader is shown the secret of artistic effect, and how to make the home an abode of beauty. We have next proceeded to discuss all such matters as relate to the daily life of the inmates, pointing out the various duties of servants, and giving many a valuable hint as to the art of superintendence on the part of the mistress. VI Preface. " Children, and what to do with them," form the subjects of out next section, and in it young people at all stages of growth are treated with that prominence which their importance demands. The subject of the Toilet receives such exhaustive treatment as will, we believe, merit general approval ; and we have next dealt with Etiquette, in relation to every possible situation in social life. " Home Needlework," " The Art of Dressmaking," " Fancy Needle- work," and "Art Needlework," are then fully explained; and, last of all, we have given a section containing full particulars as to the most profitable and amusing way of spending our Leisure Hours. The various departments of our work have been arranged with a view to clearness and method, and every care has been taken to render the information accurate and trustworthy. We have been favoured with the assistance of several writers, the first in this line of literature, and the instructions given by them are in all cases the result of per- sonal knowledge and actual discovery and handiwork. The illustrations introduced throughout the work will, we hope, be /ound to add greatly not only to its attractiveness, but to the clearness of its information. No labour has been spared in making our book worthy of a place in every home, and the housekeeper who possesses it and the com- panion work, " Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management," will, so far as we can judge, have a library by whose aid everything will go well, and family life be happier and more prosperous every day. .1 CONTENTS. THE HOUSE AND ITS FURNITURE. CHAP. PAGE i. The Different Classes of Dwelling Houses — Domestic Architecture i ii. The Relations of Landlord and Tenant . . 20 in. How to Acquire a House by Purchase ... 36 iv. Building a House — Preliminaries .... 43 v. The Rooms in a House — their Arrangement and Description 55 vi. The Builder : Plans : Elevations : Specifications : Bills of Quantities 70 vii. Modes of Building, and Building Materials . . 82 viii. The House External : its Carcass, or Skeleton . 96 ix. The House Internal: its Finishing . . . .112 x. How to Furnish — Ways and Means . . . . 136 xi. The Furniture of the Hall, Staircase, and Passages 139 xii. The Furniture of Rooms Used by Day . . . 145 xiii. The Furniture of Rooms Used by Day (continued) . . 156 xiv. Rooms Used by Night 168 xv. Rooms Used por Cooking and Storage . . . .182 xvi. Linen, Earthenware, Glass, Plate, Cutlery, and Lamps 191 ARTISTIC HOMES. xvii. Introductory Remarks 199 xviii. The Decoration of Walls and Ceilings . . . 207 xix. Floors and their Coverings 216 xx. Windows and their Decoration— Lighting . . 223 Vlll Contents. CHAP. PAGE xxi. Artistic Furniture 231 xxii. Artistic Furniture {continued) 244 xxiii. Pictures : their Choice and Disposition . . . 259 xxiv. Picture-frames, Easels, and Portfolios . . 268 xxv. Music in the House 272 xxvi. The Library 279 xxvii. The Collecting of Bric-X-brac 286 xxviii. The Home Garden, and its Adornment . . 295 xxix. The Table and its Arrangement .... 299 xxx. Wall Texts and Mottoes 307 ECONOMICAL HOUSEKEEPING. xxxi. What to do, and How to do it 309 xxxii. Sweeping, Cleaning, and Scrubbing . . . 314 xxxiii. The Whole Art of Washing 321 xxxiv. Starching, Ironing, and Kindred Operations . 330 xxxv. How to Paper, Whitewash, or Colour a Room, etc. 341 xxxvi. Our Household Helps 345 xxxvii. Our Household Helps {continued) 354 xxxviii. Hints on Upholstery 367 xxxix. Odds and Ends 380 xl. Spring-time and General Housework . . . 387 xli. Linen, Plate Glass, and Cutlery .... 397 xlii. "A Week with a Helpless Housewife " . . 401 CHILDREN, AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. xliii. Infants— How to Treat Them 417 xliv. The Nursery , 433 xlv. Children's Diet 43S xlvi. Children's Clothing 442 xlvii. Exercise for Children . . . . . . 448 xlviii. The Health of Children ■ 452 xlix. The Diseases and Smaller Ailments of Children, and their Treatment 458 l. Diseases, and Smaller Ailments (continued) . . 462 Contents. ix CHAP. PAGE li. Diseases, and Smaller Ailments {continued) . . 468 lii. Diseases, and Smaller Ailments (continued) . . 474 Liu. Simple Medicines and Drinks for Children . 484 liv. Accidents 489 lv. Poisons and their Antidotes — Disinfectants- Mothers' Medicine Chest 497 lvi. The Education of Children .... 500 lvii. The Education of Children (continued) . . 509 lviii. The Amusements and Employments of Children 514 THE TOILET. PART I.— the face. lix. Introductory 5 2 3 lx. The Hair 5 2 7 lxi. The Features 5^4 lxii. The Complexion 578 part ii.— the figure. lxiii. General Outlines 582 lxiv. The Toilet Proper 610 ETIQUETTE OF MODERN SOCIETY. lxv. Prefatory Remarks 619 lxvi. Etiquette of Dress 621 lxvii. Manners in the Street and Public Places . . 627 lxviii. Etiquette of Visiting, Instructions, etc. . . 632 lxix. Etiquette of Courtship and Marriage . . . 644 lxx. Etiquette of Dinner Parties .... 652 lxxi. Balls 661 lxxii. Foreign Travel 669 Lxxni. Baptism and Confirmation 673 lxxiv. "At Homes," Afternoon Teas, Country Amuse- ments, etc 678 lxxv. Riding, Driving, Boating, etc 683 lxxvi. Duties of a Hostess 688 lxxvii. Correspondence, Presents, etc 692 X Contents. CHAP. PA'-E lxxviii. Funerals and Mourning 69S lxxix. Etiquette of the Court, Precedence, Titles, etc. 700 lxxx. The Art of Conversation . . . . . .706 HOME NEEDLEWORK. lxxxi. Body Linen 711 lxxxii. Shirts 719 lxxxiii. Nightdresses, Drawers, Hoods .... 727 lxxxiv. General Remarks upon Cutting Out and Making Up — Dressmaking ...... 734 lxxxv. Plain Bodices . 743 lxxxvi. Princess Dress, Outdoor Jackets, Paletots, Fichus 752 lxxxvii. Cutting-out and Making, Holding the Work- Needles— Thread, Various Stitches, Various Seams 759 lxxxviii. Repairs, Patching, Piecing, PIouse Linen, Table Linen, Kitchen Linen 768 HOME DRESSMAKING AND MILLINERY. lxxxix. Economy in Dress 777 xc. Dressmaking at Home— Introductory Remarks . 787 xci. Trimmings 799 xcn. Turning and Altering 801 xciii. Home Millinery 803 xciv. Children's Clothing 807 FANCY NEEDLEWORK. xcv. Introductory 809 xcvi. Embroidery 811 xcvn. Berlin Wool-work 816 xcviii. Crewel Work 822 xcix. Embroidery 823 c. Applique Work 828 ci. Netting, or Knotting 829 en. Guipure D'Art . . 832 cm. Darning on Net . 836 Contents. xi CHAP. PAGE civ. Lace 837 cv. Point Lace 840 cvi. Macrame Lace 849 cvn. Tatting 857 cviii. Knitting 859 cix. Crochet 866 ex. Miscellaneous , 673 ART NEEDLEWORK. cxi. Materials used in Coloured Embroidery . . 877 cxn. Implements ........ 881 cxiii. Method 883 cxiv. Colour and Design in Ornamental Needlework 891 cxv. Articles that may be Embroidered .... 897 OUR LEISURE HOURS. cxvi. Round Games for All Ages . . . . . 899 cxvu. A Chapter of Forfeits 91c exvm. Charades, Proverbs, Tableaux Vivants, and Pri- vate Theatricals 914 cxix. Pleasant Tricks and Fireside Conjuring . . 919 cxx. Puzzles and Problems 929 cxxi. Conundrums, Enigmas, and other Questions . 935 cxxn. Card Games . . . 944 cxxiii. Chess, Draughts, Backgammon, Dominoes, and Solitaire 955 cxxiv. Billiards and Bagatelle 968 exxv. Useful and Ornamental Recreations . . . 973 cxxvi. Useful and Ornamental Recreations {continued) , 987 cxxvii. Reading and Music 995 cxxvni. Home Pets, and how to keep them .... 1003 exxix. Out-door Recreations 1015 exxx. Out-door Recreations {continued) , . 1039 INDEX. Note. — The references in this Index arc to paragraphs. to illustrations. Those in blackfigures refer Abscess in the Ear, To treat Accidents, Riding; Conduct during Accoucheur, Selecting an ... Acid, Carbolic ; Uses of Acids, In case of poisoning by Acquaintances, Meeting; Etiquette of iioo, Additions to the house Addresses fcr all occasions Adjuncts to Dress, Importance of Advantages of Ownership and Occupancy, Compared (note) Afternoon Parties, Etiquette of Afternoon Teas, Etiquette of Age, Colours appropriate for Old Age, Folly of concealing Agreements for Houses, Forms of Aid, Professional, in house-building Ailments of Infants, The "Alliance" Flannel Alterations in plans to be avoided Amateur Concerts, Notes on Amateur Theatricals American and Chamber Organs Amusement, Public places of ; Conduct in Amusement, Worth of, for Children Anacreon on his Mistress's Hair Angularity of Figure Ancient Methods of Lighting Angling and Boating, Notes on Antimacassars, Hints on making Antiques, Deception in so-called Apple- water, To make Applique'-work, Directions for Applique'-work, Hints on Applique'-work, Example of Approaches to a house Aprons, Gardening and Housekeepin Aquaria, Feeding Fish in Aquarium, Cleaning an Aquarium, The Fresh-water Aquarium, The Home Arabian or Half-tester Bedstead Arch at Charlecote Arch, Origin of the Archery, Apparatus needed for Archery, Choosing the Weapons for Archery, Drawing the Bow Architect, Acting as one's own Architect, Advantages of Employing an 74i 1217 625 814 1103 123 1243 1092 36 1203 1201 1080 1079 41 73 657 483 85 1874 1703 262 1 106 1003 363 1222 1649 440 775 1627 1497 M97 78 512,13 1892 1891 1890 1889 371 20 19 1923 1919 1921 73 83 Architect, Amateur, Story of an 73 Architect, Duties of the 81 Architect, Every Man his own 133 Architecture, Cinque-Cento and Renais- sance Architecture, Classic or Grseco- Roman Architecture, Different styles of 17 Architecture, Domestic 26 Architecture, Elizabethan, Peculiarities of Architecture, General Principles to be Observed Architecture, Gothic, Peculiarities of Architecture, Renaissance and Cinque Cento Architecture, Romanesque style of Architecture suited for Villas 30 Architecture, The Progress of 4 Architecture, Tudor, in private houses ... 28 Architecture, Tudor, Peculiarities of Arms, Red, Causes of 103 1 Arms, Sleeves for different 1031 Arms, What constitutes pretty 1028 Arrangements for Building 130 Arras, or Tapestry, for Walls 327 Arrasene and Chenille for Embroidery ... 1067 Arsenic, In case of Poisoning by 805 Art Needlework, Colours suited for ... 1634 Art Needlework, Description of a piece of 1642 Art Needlework, Designs for Art Needlework, Fabrics suited for Art Needlework, General Hints for Art Needlework, Implements required (or Art Needlework, Materials for... , Art Needlework, Objects suited for Art Needlework, Rules for use of Colours Art Needlework, Stitches used in Artificial Costume, Modern Artificial Lighting, History of .. Artisans, Dwellings suited for .. Artistic Homes Aspects for a House Asphalte, Uses of "At Homes," Etiquette of Attached, Detached, and Semi-detached Houses Attendance on Ladies Attention required by Children Attentions, Doubtful, Hints on 1644 1596 1630 1608 i59 6 1648 1634 1620 898 362 3t 3'4 63 158 1 1 24 624 1 134. X Index. Attic, Ordinary form of 112 Attics, Objections against 112 Auburn Hair, To dress 915 Aubusson Carpets 353 Authority of a Nurse 560 Rabies, Artificial Feeding for 651 Rabies, Castor-oil for 639 Babies, Clothing for 640 P.abies, Condensed Milk for 653 Babies, Hints on Dressing and Undres- sing 644 Babies, Hints on Washing 644 Babies, Need of good Nursing for 678 Babies, Punctuality needed with 647 Babies, Soothing Cordials for 650 Babies ; Why do they cry? 649 Baby's Basket, Articles needed in 633 Backgammon Board and Men 1809 Backgammon, Hoyle's Rules for 1812 Backgammon, Object of the game 1811 Badminton, Implements needed for ... 1906 Badminton, Laws of 1910 Badminton ; The Ground igo5 Bagatelle and Billiard Tables 234 Balcony, Gardening in the 445 Balcony supported on Cantilevers igi Balcony, Usual way of makkig a 190 Baldness, Cause of 932 Baldness, To Prevent and Cure 931 Baldness, Varieties of 938 Ball, Invitations to a 1128 Ballroom, Decorations for 1174 Balls, Classification of. 1173 Bamboo Screen, with Ferns 387 Bandy Legs and Weak Ankles 715 BanglS, Definition of the term 14 Banns of Marriage, Publication of 1144 Baptisms, Rules for 1186 Basalt for Building Purposes 143 Basket, Baby's, Articles needed in ... 633, 645 Basque Bodice and Skirt, To make 1421 Bath, Preparations for a 1066 Bath, Warm, Use of the 988 Bath-room, Fittings for the 109, 610 Bath-room, Floor-grating for the 220 Bath-room, Furniture for the 220, 390 Bath-room Washstand 391 Baths, Children's, Heat of 725 Baths, Cisterns, and Closets 203 Baths, Turkish and Hot-air 220 Bathers, Sensible Advice to 1948 Bathing Children after Meals 726 Bathing, Sea, For Children 727 Bay Window, Specimen of 22 Beard and Moustache, Cut of the 875 Beard, Reasons for keeping the 878 Beating Carpets 595 Beaute" du citable explained 860 Beauty, Divers schedules of 864 Beauty armed at all points 863 Beauty, Classes and Types of 858 Beauty, Fundamental bases of 324 Bed and Couch, The 370 Bed at Hampton Court 371 Bed, Norman 370 Bed of Ware, The Great 371 Bed, Undressing Children for Bed with Trimmings Beds for Children Beds, Hints on Making Beds in mediaeval times Bedclothes, List and description of Bedclothes, Need of Airing Bedclothing for Children .., Bed Curtains Bedding and Mattresses ... Bedding, List of, required ... Bed Furniture described .., Bedroom and Boudoir Furniture Bedroom Furniture, Minor Articles Bedroom Furniture, Suites of Bedroom Pests Bedroom Windew Curtains Bedrooms, Carpet in Bedrooms, Furniture for the Bedrooms, Notes on Bedstead, Arabian or Half-tester Bedstead, Patent Combination Bedstead, Top of Tent Bedsteads, Different forms of Bed-steps, The description of Bed-ticks, To make Bedtime for Children Bedtime, Washing Children at Bed Trimmings Beef Tea, To make Bellhanging : A costly item Bells, Electric and Pneumatic Belly-bands, Children's, To make Belts for Ladies' wear Berlin Woolwork, History of Best Man, Duties of the ... Bezique, Rules for Playing Bias-bands, To make Bible reading for Children... Bicycle-riding, Hints on ... Bidet, Description of the ... Billiard-room, Description of the Billiard-room, Furniture of the Billiard-room, Furniture for the Billiards, Championship Rules Billiards, General notes on Billiards, Hints for Playing Bindings for Books Birds Fly, Game of Birth, Cold at, To cure Birth of a child, Etiquette of Bites, Venomous, To treat ... Black, with Dark Hair Blind of Strips Cemented togeth Blind Man's Buff Blind Man's Wand, The ... Blinds, Cane Window Blinds for indoor purposes ... Blinds for Windows Blinds, Removable, For Windows Bljnds, Short Window Blinds, Outside and Inside Block Plan of Attached Houses Blondes, Characteristics of ... . Boating and Angling, Notes on Boating, Faults common in Bodice, Basque, Diagrams for a Index. xi Bodices, Plain, Patterns for 1320 Boiling water, Swallowing 794 Bonds in Bricklaying 147 Bonnet, Methods of Trimming a ... ... 1451 Bonnets and Hats, Trimming for 1451 Bonnets versus Hats 1009 Bookcases, Patterns of 42g Bookbinding, Variety in 425 Book-presses, Subsidiary 426 Bookshelves, Antique Hanging 431 Book-side, Antique Pattern for 423 Book-side, Patterns for 425 Books, Bindings of 424 Books for Visiting, Use of 11 16 Books, How to Read 1868 Books in their tasteful relations 423 Books, Invitation, Use of 1131 Books, Music, On making 422 Books suited for Leisure Reading 1867 Boot-rail for the Dressing-room 286 Boots for Babies 643 Boots, Hat, and Linen, Men's 1098 Boots, Importance of Well-fitting 1050 Border for Mattresses and Palliasses ... 470 Borders, Friezes, and Dados 335 Border of Parquetry 344 Bottle system for Babies, The 654 Boudoir and Drawing-room Furniture ... 251 Boudoir, Furniture for the 389 Boudoir, The Lady's 108 Bouts Rimes, Game of 1668 Bower Seve--gas Trap 161 Bowl of Gubbio Ware 433 Braces for the shoulders 1020 Braiding, Hints on 1591 Bread Basket or Tray, The 297 Butler's Tray, The 297 Bread Pan, Earthenware 298 Bread Tub, Wooden 298 Breakfast and other Services 303 Breakfast Parlour, Treatment of the ... 385 Breakfast-room, Description of the 97 Breakfasts, Wedding, Etiquette of 1151 Breath, Foul, To cure 979 Brick for Ventilation 173 Bricklaying, Rules for 146 Bricks, Different kinds of 148 Bricks, Standard size of 144 Bridegroom, Duties of the 1149 Brillantine 469 Broderie Anglaise, Stitches used in 1494 Bronzes, History of 439 Brooms, Brushes, &c, List of 297, 543 Bruises, Treatment of 796 Brunettes, Colours suitad to 921 Brush, Whalebone 886 Brushes, Hair, On selecting 935 Brushing the Hair useful 928 Building a House ; Preliminaries 60 Building and Buying compared 50 Building by Contract 87 Building in Concrete, Mode of 150 Building Societies, Advantages of 58 Building Societies, Rules of 56 Bungalow, Definition of the term 14 Burns and Scalds, To treat 791 Business Acquaintances, Meeting 1104 Butler's and Housemaid's Pantry ... Buttons and Hooks, To sew on Buttress, Specimen of ... ... ... Buying and Building compared Buying, Economical way of Cabinet, Inlaid Cabinet, Queen Anne Cabinets, Uses of Calmness needed for a Mother Calomel a dangerous remedy ... ... Calls, Morning, Etiquette of Calves-feet Tea, To make Camping-out and Picnics Canary, Cage for a Canary, Diseases of the Canary, Food for the Canary, How to treat a Candlesticks and Lamps Candour often a mistake Cane Window Blinds Canoe, To prevent from capsizing ... Canoeing, Accidents during Canoeing, History ef Canoeing, Practising for Canterbury, The simple Canterbury, Upright Canterbury Whatnot, The Canvas Ventilator Cantilevers, Balcony Supported on... Cape and Hood, Diagrams of a Cape and Hood, Simple way of making Capes, Ladies', Patterns for Caps, Ladies', To make Carbolic Acid, Uses of Carcass of the House, The Card, Puzzle, A Cardboard, Embroidery over Card-leaving, Etiquette far Cards, Farewell, Etiquette of Cards for special occasions Cards, Games with Cards, Menu, Designs for Cards, Tricks with Cards, Visiting, Styles for Cards, Wedding, Etiquette of Carelessness in Children Cares of a Mother, The Carpenter's Work, The Carpet surrounding Bed Carpets, Aubusson Carpets, Axminster Carpets, Different kinds of Carpets, History of Carpets in Bedrooms ... Carpets, Kidderminster Carpets, New style of laying Carpets, Patterns of Carpets, Prices of different kinds of Carpets, Tapestry Carpets, Turkey Carriage Exercise, Notes on Carving, Hints on Case for Sandwiches Cashmere Dress, To alter a Cash Payments, Advantages of Castor-oil for Babies, Use of 297 21 50 207 379 373 257 632 769 1110 783 1927 ... 1877 ... 1S76 ... 366 ... 1084 ... 359 ... 1935 ... 1936 .•• 1933 ... 1934 ■ •• 259 ... 421 ... 259 ... 116 ... 101 ... 1307 a 1306 ... 1340 ... 1457 ... 814 ... 160 ... 1757 .. 1619 ,.. 1112 .. 1241 ,.. 1114 .. i7 6 5 ... 1156 ... 1741 .. 1113 ,.. 1152 ... 825 ,.. 679 ,.. 168 ,.. 228 • • 353 .. 35o ... 225 ... 348 ... 228 • • 352 .. 225 •• 354 .. 225 .. 35i ... 349 .. I22r ... 1170 ... 1495 ,.. 1442 ... 208 • • 639 xii Index. Castor-oil, Uses of 764 Cavalier, Dress of a 1010 Cavaliers, Coiffure of the 869 Ceiling, Cornices and Centre Ornaments for the 339 Ceiling, Decoration of the 338 Ceilings and Walls, Decorations of 329 Ceilings tinted and ornamented 340 Ceilings, Ventilators in 173 Cellars for Beer, Wine, and Coal 296 Cellars, Method of Building 166 Cellars, Position of the 119 Cementing Material 153 Cements most used in Building 155 Ceremony, Christening, Etiquette of ... 1188 Ceremony, Visits of, Ktiquette f r 1120 Ceremony, Wedding, Rules of the 1150 Chair, Cromwell's 370 Chair, Drawing-room 3fo, 386 Chair, Egyptian 368 Chair for the Boudoir 38g Chair, Greek 368 Chair, History of the 368 Chair, Modern Gothic 368 Chair of St. Peter 368 Chair, Tgte-a-tete 233 Chairback Screens, Uses of 248 Chairs, Different varieties of 233 Chairs for special purposes 233 Chairs for the hall 218 Chairs, Metal 369 Chamber and American Organs 262 Chamber Organs, On decorating 420 Chamber Organs, Uses of 417 Chandelier, Modern Gothic 365 Chandelier, Old style 366 Chandelier, Sconces, and Lustres 365 Chapels and Churches, Etiquette of ... 1105 Charades, Acting, Hints on 1700 Charades and Proverbs in Tableaux ... 1695 Charades, Good words for 1696 Charity in Children, Need of 827 Charlton House, Kent 10 Charlton House, Fireplace in 192 Cheeks, Beauty of the... 97s Cheerfulness a part of Etiquette 1084 Cheffonier, Modern Renaissance 381 Cheffoniers, Different kinds of 243 Chemise, Diagrams for cutting out a ... 1274 Chemise, Different shapes for a 1279 Chemise, Hints on making a 1272 Chemisettes, Rules for making 1342 Chenille and Arrasene for embroidery ... 1607 Chess, Object of the game 1796 Chess, Relative value of the pieces 1798 Chess, The Laws of i8co Cheval Glass, The prices of 278 Chicken-pox, Treatment of 755 Chicken Tea, To make 782 Chignon, Rear view of a 883 Chilblains, Cure for 760 Chilblains on the hands, To cure 1042 Children, Amusements for 849 Children and what to do with them 618 Children at dessert 701 Children, Attention needed by 624 Children, Bathing after meals 726 Children, Bedtime for 729 Children, Care of the teeth in 722 Children, Cleanliness for 719 Children, Cold feet bad for 716 Children, Cooking for , ... 693 Children, Day clothes for 636 Children, Diseases of , 731 Children, Dress for 702 Children, Dull and Quick 838 Children, Early rising for 730 Children, Education of 818 Children, Errors in diet of 691 Children, Errors in managing 686 Children, Exercise for, in sultry weather 717 Children, Exercise for, Value of 713 Children, Feverish complaints in 732 Children, Flannel clothing for 711 Childhood, Good manners in "95 Children, Heat of baths for 725 Children, Importance of avoiding illness in 623 Children, Importance of trusting 826 Children learning to walk 714 Children, Management of, during illness 630 Children, Materials suited to *459 Children, Meat for 697 Children, Need of self-reliance for 784 Children, Night clothes for 635 Children, On teaching 840 Children, Overalls for 703 Children, Pocket-money for 845 Children, Reading for, Notes on 855 Children, Regular employment for 846 Children, Salt good for 699 Children, Scrap-books for 857 Children, Sea-bathing for 727 Children, Skin eruptions in 733 Children, Stimulants hurtful to 739 Children, Stimulating food for 692 Children, Sunday work for 844 Children, Suppers for 700 Children, Three great essentials for ... 618 Children, Undressing for bed 634, 646 Children, Vegetables for 698 Children, Virtues and Vices of ... 818 et seg. Children, Washing at bedtime 720 Children, Work and Recreation for 856 Children, Worms in. To remove 736 Children's Clothing, Hints on 1458 Chimneys, Construction of 170 China for the dinner table 455 Chin, Treatment of the 983 Chippendale Bracket Mirror 382 Chimney, Throat of a 170 Chloride of Lime, Use of 813 Choking, What to do in case of 786 Christening Ceremony, Etiquette of ... n 88 Church for the little ones 843 Churches and Chapels, Etiquette of ... 1105 Churches, Use of embroidery in 1477 Cicerone, Rules for acting as 1108 Cinque-Cento and Renaissance Archi- tecture , 23 Cisterns, Closets, and Baths H. .& 203 Civilities, Casual, in the street 1102 Cleanliness for Children ,. ... 719 I Clocks, Bedroom 377 Index. xiii Clocks, Different kinds of Clocks, Historical notes on ... . Clocks, Modern Clocks, Old-fashioned Closet, Housemaid's, The Closets, Cisterns, and Baths ... . Closets, Earth and Water compared Closets for China Clothing for Children Clothing Proper for Children ... . Closet* Water, Position of the ... . Coaguline, Use of, for Blinds ... . Coal-cellars, Position of Coal-scuttles, Hods, and Vases Cockles, Hot, How to play at ... . Coiffure, Arrangement of the ... . Coiffure in a.d. 1880 Coiffure, On the choice of a ... . Coiffure, Ovid on the choice of a . Coiffure, Modern Swiss Coiffures, Prettiest and best ... . Coins, To make stick to a door... . Coins, Trick with two Cold at Birth, To cure Cold Tea, Uses of Colds and Coughs, Treatment of . Collars for Shirts, To make ... . Collecting, Mania of Colour as applied to Costume ... . Colours, Effect of, on the Eye ... . Colours for Ladies' Dress Colours, Harmony of Colours in Art Embroidery ... . Colours, Juxtaposition of Colours, Primaries and Complements Colours, Primary and Secondary Colours, Proportions of Colours, Rules for use of, in Art Nee work ... . Colours, Secondaries and Tertiarics Colours, Superposition of Column of Doric Architecture ... . Columns of Different Orders ... . Combination Garment, The ... . Combings, Hair, useful Combs, Hints on selecting Commerce, The Game of . Commission Agents in House-buying Commit, The Game of Common-sense Clothing for Children Comparative Advantages of Owners and Occupancy Complexion and Feature, Beauty of Complexion, Care of the Complexion in relation to dress Complexion, To preserve the Complexion, To restore after exposure Composite order of Architecture Concerts, Amateur, Hints for Concrete, Building in Concrete, Composition of Concrete, Mode of Building in Condolence Visits of ; Etiquette for Confidenc breaches of Confidences. The game of Confinement, Preparations for a Confirmation, Ceremony of ,,. ... 375 374 37S 376 IIS 203 121 117 636 702 121 222 120 239 1669 1093 8§ 3 882 88z 874 891 1739 1728 672 774 738 1297 432 1091 319 1305 3*7 l6 34 321 320 317 322 Ie- 1634 320 321 18 18 1281 936 934 1787 54 1786 lip 704 36 859 986 987 988 992 18 1874 149 150 150 mi 1266 1683 631 *i94 Confirmation, Dress for Confirmation, Rules for Consciences, The Construction of Consequences, The Game of ... Conservatory, Hints on the Considerations before Building Consumption, Treatment of Contract, Building by Contrary, The Rule of Contrast, Simultaneous, of Colours Conundrums, Enigmas, and other Ques tions Conversation, The Art of Conversation, The Etiquette of Conveyance of Freehold Land Convulsions in Children, To Cure .. Convulsions, Remedies for Cooking and Storage, Notes on Cooking in the Nursery objectionabl Cooling and other Drinks Cordials, Soothing, for Babies Corinthian Order of Architecture ,. Cork, To imitate the Drawing of a .. Cornice on which dust settles Cornice, Section of Cornices and Centre Ornaments Cornices and Mouldings Corns, Hints on Paring Corns on the feet, To Eradicate Corona lucis, Gothic Correspondence between Ladies Gentlemen Corrosive Sublimate, In case of Poison ingby Cosmetiques and Face Powders Cost of a House to be settled ... Cost of Concrete Building Costume, Colour as applied to ... Costume for Picnics Costume for Travelling, Best ... Costume, Modern Artificial Costumes of Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries ... Cottage, Definition of the term Cottage Orne, Definition of the term Cottage Piano, The Cotton Textures for Embroidery Couch and Bed, The Couch for the Drawing room ... . Couches and Sofas, Uses of ... . Coughs and Colds, Treat nient of . Country and Town, Lxpenses in, pared Country House Life, Routine of Coursed Ashlar and Rubble work . Court, Presentations at Courtship and Marriage, Etiquette of , Courtship, Rules for Conduct during Covers, Table ; Kinds and Prices of Crambo, The Game of Crash, Advantages and Disadvantages Credit, Disadvantages of the System of Credit, Letters of Crewels, Definition of Crewels, Silks, Gold and Silver Crewel-work, Nojtes on Crewel-work, Stitches used in ... XIV Index. Cribbage, Directions for ; 1784 Cricket, Rules for the Game of. 1896 Crimping Hair, Where useful 893 Crochet, Needle used for 1576 Crochet, Popularity of. 1576 Crochet, Purses made in 1579 Crochet, Stitches used in 1576 Crochet-work, Superabundance of ... ... 1580 Cromwell's Chair 387 Croquet, Implements required for ... ... 1914 Croquet, Plan of the Hoops 1913 Croquet, Terms used in , 1917 Croquet, The Best Ground for 1913 Croquet, The Laws of. 1916 Croup in Children, To cure 667 Croup, Treatment of ... 757 Cruelty an Acquired Vice 830 Cry, Why do Babies? 649 Cupboards, Construction of 184 Cupboards, Dwarf 184 Cupboards, Hanging 184 Currantade, To Make 778 Curtains and Valances 360 Curtains and Wall Hangings 227 Curtains, Different ways of putting up ... 228 Curtains, Hanging of 361 Curule Seat, Roman 368 Curves, Uses of in Art 316 Cutlery and Plate, Notes on 452 Cuts, What to do in case of 785 Dado, Gothic Oak 331 Dados, Friezes, and Borders 335 Dairy Requisites 299 Dances, Figures of different .., 1176 Dancing, On Learning u 72 Darning, Different Methods of. 1369 Darning on Net, Method of 1507 Davenport, The, Uses of 253 Day Clothes for Children 636 Day Nursery, Position of the rii Deal for Building Purposes 140 Death, Apparent, From Drowning 798 Death, Etiquette on hearing of a 1250 Decanters, Good Shapes for 304 Decanters, Prices and Shapes of 304 Deceit not Natural to Children 824 Decoration, Meaning of the term 199 Decoration of a Wall 337 Decorations of Walls and Ceilings 325 Deer-stalker Hats on Women 1013 Depilatories, On the Use of 948 Deportment and Manner in Walking ... 1099 Designing a House, Hints on 81 Designs for Art Needlework 1644 Designs for Parquetry Flooring 344 Designs, Needlework, Hints on Adapting 1645 303 701 8 ;8 Dessert and other Services.. Dessert, Children at Destructiveness in Children Detached, Semi-detached, and Attached Houses Diaphanie, Vitremanie, &c Diarrhcea, Caused by Teething Diarrhoea, in Children, To Cure ... 668 Diet a Causa of Convulsions Diet, Children's, Errors in Diet for Infants Diet to Improve the Complexion ... Dining-room, Art in the Dining-room, Best Place for the Dining-room Chair Dining-table, The Telescopic Dinner, and other Services Dinner, Essentials to a Successful ... Dinner, or Table Mat Dinner Parties, Dress for Dinner Parties, Etiquette of Dinner Parties, Invitations to Djnner-waggon, Shape of the Directions for Home Doctoring Dish-covers Provided for Disinfectants for Home Use Dispensing at Home Distemper : Colour, Size for Distemper for Internal Walls Divination for Hallowe'en Doctor, On Choosing a Dominoes, Rules for Playing Door, Framing of a Doors, Making and Fixing Doric Architecture, Specimens of ... Drain-pipe, Showing junction Drains, Hints on Fixing Draught-board and Men, The Draughts, General Rules for Draughts, Laws of the Game Draughts, The Game of Drawers, Chest of, Price of Drawers, Patterns for Making Drawers, To Make at Home Drawing Puzzle, A Drawing-room and Boudoir Furniture Drawing-room, Best Place for the ... Drawing-room, Furniture for the ... Drawing, Rough, of the House Drawn-thread Work, Description of Dress and Figure, Relations between Dress as a Matter of Etiquette Dress at Drawing-rooms Dress, Children's, Hints on Dress, Colour as Applied to Dress, Cost of a Home-made Dress, Description of Parts of a Dress, Exigencies of Fashion in Dress for Dinner Parties Dress for Use while Embroidering ,.. Dress-guard for the Fireplace Dress, Hints on Freshening up a ... Dress, How to, on ^15 per annum ... Dress, Importance of Trifles in Dress, Individuality in Dress, Ladies', Annual Expense of... Dress, Ladies', Tables of Cost of ...14 Dressmaking at Home Dressmaking, Lessons in Dress, Men's, for Special Occasions Dress, Men's, Notes on i< Dress, Men's, Suitability of Dress, Need of Economy in , Dress of the Middle Ages , ... Dress, Opinions of Observers on Dress, Patterns for Cutting Out a ... Dress, Princesse, Notes on the 64S 989 386 98 386 234 3°3 1 160 207 1168 "54 1152 244 816 295 813 763 336 33 6 1676 625 1813 181 181 18 161 161 1801 1808 1807 1801 279 1304 1304 1756 251 99 386 85 1588 1000 1086 1257 1458 1091 1430 1314 1611 238 1441 1392 1092 998 1402 1409 j 411 1414 ion , 1094 loyy 1389 1476 10S7 1315 1327 Index. xv Dress, Use of Art Needlework in Dresser for the Kitchen Dresser, Modern Gothic Dresser for different occasions Dresses, Home-made, Trimmings for ... Dresses, Turning and Altering Dressing and Washing Babies Dressing-room, Advantages of a Dressing-room and Bedroom Furniture ... Dressing-table, Modern Gothic Drinks, Cooling and other ... Driving, Rules for Drowning, Apparent Death from Drying and Settling of Houses Dull and Quick Children Dumb Waiters, Uses of Duties of the Architect ... Duty of a Mother Dwelling-houses, Classification of Dwellings Suited for Artisans Ear, Abscess in the Earache and Toothache in Children Ear, Foreign Bodies in the Earl of Coventry, The Game of Early Rising for Children Ears, Beauty of good Easels and Portfolios for Prints '. Eating between Meals Economy in Men's Dress Edgings or Purls for Point Lace Education, Cause of Success in Education, When to Commence Egg, The Dancing Egg, The Tumbling Eggs— to put into a Bottle Egyptian Chair Egypt, Royal Pin-money in Egypt, Use of Embroidery in Electric and Pneumatic Bells Electro-plate, List of Articles in Electro-plate, Notes on Electro-plating, Cost of Electro-silver, Prices of Elements, The, Game of Elevations and Plans of a House Elevations of a Hous.e Elizabethan Architecture, Peculiarities of Embroidery, Coloured, Materials for ... Embroidery, English, Stitches used in ... Embroidery in England, History of Embroidery Materials, Preparation of ... Embroidery, Objects Suited to Embroidery over Cardboard Embroidery, Romantic Uses of Embroidery, Tracing Patterns for Employment, Regular, for Children Enamels for the Shoulders Encaustic Tiles for Floors Encaustic Tiles for Walls Engagement Rings, Etiquette of English Bond, Definition of English People Abroad . Engravings, Influence of Engravings, Proofs of Enigmas, Conundrums, and other Ques- tions i<554 184 372 1010 I43S 1441 644 107 269 389 772 1220 799 176 838 250 81 620 6 3 1 74i 749 787 1790 730 985 413 694 1005 I53S 818 83S 1712 1714 I7 2 S 368 1472 1473 195 3°7 453 3°9 306 1685 126 82 29 1596 1494 I47S 1616 1648 1629 1478 1612 846 1018 342 33o "39 147 1177 397 400 1763 Enquiries before Purchasing a House ... Entablature, with Capital of Column ... Entrance Hall in Large Mansions Entrance Halls in Ordinary Houses Epistaxis or Nose-bleeding, To treat ... Epsom Salts, Uses of Errors in Children's Diet \ Eruptions of the Skin in Children ... ... Eruptions in Teething Escritoire, Inlaid .„ Estimates for House Building Etiquette, Dress as a matter of ... ". Etiquette for the Streets Etiquette, Importance of Etiquette in Places of Amusement ... Etiquette in Places of Worship Etiquette of Courtship and Marriage ... Etiquette of Picture Galleries and Mu- seums Etiquette of Visiting [ ' m \\ Etiquette of Visiting, Gentlemen's ... ... Etiquette, Province of. Excelsior Patent Spring Mattress ... ... Exercise for Children, Value of Exercise for Infants [" Exercise good for the Complexion ... ... Exercise good for the Arms Expenses of Buying a House \" Exposure of a Site considered Expression, Beauty of, Explained ... Eyebrows and Eyelashes, The Eyebrows, Arched and Straight ... Eyebrows in the Wrong Place ,„ Eyebrows, to Increase Growth of ... Eye, Effect of Colours on the Eye, Foreign Bodies in the ,. Eyelashes, Beauty of the Eyelashes, Care needed for Eyelashes, Trimming the \ Eyelids, Expression in the "] Eyes, Aids for the "j Eyes, Beauty of the "' Eyes, Children's, Weakness of ... Eyes, Hints on Making up the ... Eyes, Hints on Making up the (note) ... Eyes, Individuality of the Eyes, Strong, Treatment for ... ... Eyes, Things to be Remembered about the Eyes, To Preserve the , Eyes, Weak, Treatment for ... ..." Fabrics suited for Art Needlework Face and Figure Compared Face, Paint and Cosmetiques for the Faience, Characteristics of Fainting Fits, In Case of ,. Fancy Work, Miscellaneous ... Fashion, Exigences of, in Dress Fashion, Modifications of, necessary Feather, The Game of the ... Features, Beauty of Regular Features, Talks about the ... Feeding, Artificial, for Babies Feeding Bottles, Use and Abuse of... Feet, Civilised, always Deformed ... Feet, Cold, Bad for Children ... . 93 96 788 767 691 733 670 389 137 1086 1101 1083 1 106 1 105 "33 1 107 1 109 1123 1083 272 7*3 676 990 1029 54 63 861 956 956 948 957 319 787 956 959 956 958 964 967 671 968 957 966 962 960 961 963 1596 857 993 435 1088 1089 1670 85.8 95'o 65i 655 1050 716 xvi Index. Feeti Cold conveyed by the ... ... ... Feet, Corns on the Feet, Daily treatment of the Feet, Large, in a Woman Feet, Large, in Small Boots Fences and Walls round a House Fender, Measurements for the Fenders and Fire-irons Fenders, Different Shapes of Fern Cases, Vases, &c Fern Pot ... ... Feverish Complaints in Children Fever, Scarlet, Treatment of Figure and Face compared Figure, Beauty of Figures, Dress for different Fillets of Hair, Where suited Finishing a House Firegrates and Stoves considered Fire-irons and Fenders Fireplace and over-mantel Fireplace, Antique Style Fireplace, Charlton House Fireplace, Construction of Fireplace with Dogs First Floor, Building the Fish, Gold and Silver On Keeping Fits, Fainting, In case of Flannel for Children's Dress Flemish Bond, Definition of Flesh-gloves, Use of Floating, Method of Floor, Nursery, Covering for the Flooring, Boards for Flooring Single Floors and Floor Coverings Flooring, Complete, in section Flooring, Double, in section Floors, Encaustic Tiles for Flower-baskets, To Make Flowers, Boxes, and Stands for Flowers on the Dinner-table Flowers suited for Boxes Flues, Chimneys, and Ventilation Folding Screens, Ways of Making Food, Artificial, for Babies Food, Stimulating, for Children Food, Waste of, in the Nursery Foot, Importance of a Pretty Foot-brush and Scraper combined Footings, Brick and Stone Footings for a Wall Footstools, Different uses of Forfeits, Hints on Crying Forehead, A well-shaped Forehead, Beauty of the Forehead, Smoothness of the Forehead, Whiteness of the Foreheads, Varieties ol 884 Foreign Bodies in Nose, Eye, or Ear ... Foreign Languages, On Learning Forfeits, A Chapter of Forfeits, Thirty-eight good Form and Feature, Beauty of, compared Form, Varieties of Forms of Invitation Foundations in " Made Ground " 1056 1057 105s 1007 1053 77 238 238 238 446 446 732 756 857 994 1000 888 176 192 238 3»a 387 192 170 387 172 1893 800 711 J 47 1068 1937 168 34i 168 168 342 448 443 457 444 170 249 652 692 696 1050 215 165 165 246 1693 953 952 954 955 , 95i 787 841 1692 1694 994 315 1127 i«3 Foundations of a House, The Frame, Embroidery, Best kind of ... Frame, Embroidery, Method of Using Frames, Picture, Gilt Frames, Picture, Improvements in ... Frames, Picture, Wooden Frames, Relation of, to Pictures Frame Stool, The Frame Stools, Description of Framework, Wooden, Example of ... Freeheld and Leasehold Property ... Freehold Land, Conveyance of Freehold Property, Advantages of ... Freestones for Building Purposes ... Friends, Meeting, Etiquette of 11 Friends, Visiting, Etiquette of Friezes, Dados, and Borders Fringe, Hair, Is it fast ? Fringe, Hair, Modes of Curling Fringes, False Hair Fringes, Worn by Cavaliers Frizettes a Cause of Baldness Frizettes, Use and Abuse of Frock-coat, Uses of the Funerals, Etiquette at Furnishing, Considerations before ... Furnishing, The Completion of Furniture, A History of Furniture Bed described Furniture, Different Classes of Furniture, Fitness in Furniture for Bedrooms and Boudoir Furniture for Different Rooms ... 383 Furniture for Dressing and Bedrooms Furniture for Invalids Furniture for the Kitchen Furniture for the Nursery Furniture, Material of Furniture, Modern Furniture of Different Periods Furniture, Removing, Cost of Furniture, Special Articles of Games in the Water Games Involving Forfeits, Notes on Games, Outdoor, Etiquette of Games, Round, Directions for Garde-feu in Queen Anne Style Gardening for Children Garden, The Home Garden, The Indoor Garden Walks, Edgings, &c Garden-wall Bond, Definition of Garment, Combination, The Gas and Gas Fitting Gas Dinner Stoves, Use of Gaselier, Conventional Mediaeval ... Gas Fittings, Description of Gentleman's Wardrobe, The Gentlemen, Presentation of, at Court Gentlemen, Street Etiquette for Genre Photographs Georgian Table, A Gipsy Table, The Girandole, A small Girandoles, Prices and Sizes of Girder in Section and ?];•' 1 ... ... 1 6a 161c 1615 410 409 411 408 247 247 139 64 67 70 143 1 103 1 109 335 870 937 889 1012 1251 206 301 367 273 212 380 389 et seq. 269 28s 291 683 378 381 316 313 240 1943 1657 1223 i655 388 850 442 447 80 147 I28r 364 204 304 204 283 1255 not 402 372 234 235 235 168 Index, xvii Girls, Work for 852 Glass as a Means of Decoration 437 Glass-cloths, To Make 1386 Glass, Cut, How Made 304 Glass, Decorative, for the Table 456 Glass, Hand 888 Glass in its Table Relations 454 Glass, Stained and Coloured 196 Glass, Stained, Imitation 358 Glass, Stained, Modern 357 Glass, Stained, Uses of 356 Glass, Venetian, Beauty of 438 Glass, Window, To render Opaque 355 Glazier's Work Described 196 Gloves, Flesh, Use of 1068 Gloves for Special Occasions 1096 Gloves, Hints on Choosing 1044 Gloves, Importance of Good 1043 Glsves, On Tight Fitting 1045 Gothic Architecture in Modern Houses ... 27 Gothic Architecture, Peculiarities of ... 22 Gethic Chair ... 308 Gothic Chandelier, Modern 365 Gothic Corona Lucis 366 Gothic Couch, Modern 370 Gothic Dresser, Modern 372 Gothic Hall Light 364 Gothic Oak Dado , 331 Gothic Sideboard, Modern 373 Governess, Choice of a 819 Granite for Building Purposes 143 Grate, for Slow Combustion, A 193 Grating for Bath-room Floors 220 Gravel for Garden Walks 80 Grecian Style of Architecture Revived ... 25 Greek Chairs 368 Grenadine, Uses of 1009 Ground, Freehold and Leasehold 64 Ground, Hilly and Level, for a House ... 63 Ground, Leasehold and Freehold 64 Ground Obtainable for Building 64 Ground Rent, Explained 86 Grout, Uses of ... 158 Guards for Firegrates 238 Guests at Dinner, Duties of 1166 Guests, Behaviour of, in the Country ... 1118 Guests, Lady, Minor details for 1119 Guests, Reception of for Dinner 1225 Guipure d'Art, Notes on 1504 Guipure dArt, Stitches used in 1505 Guttering, View of « 174 Ha-ha Fence, Advantages of 77 Hair, Arrangement of the 8C5, 1093 Hair, Auburn, To Dress 915 Hair, Black, Treatment of 923 Hair, Brown, Black with 920 Hair, Brown, Treatment of 919 Hair, Care and Attention needed by ... 928 Hair, Children's, Treatment of 939 Hair, Classic Style of Dressing the 886 Hair, Colour of the 899 Hair, Combings of, useful 936 Hair, Dyeing the 908 Hair, False, not a Moral Offence 886 Hair, False, Where needed 886 Hair, Flaxen, To Dye Golden 912 Hair, Fringe, Modes of Curling Hair, General Notes on the Hair, Gift of Arranging the Hair, Golden, Fashionable Hair, Grey, Beauty of Hair, Grey, Causes of Hair, Grey, To Retard Advance of Hair, Grey, Treatment of Hair, Importance of Colour of Hair, Introduction of Powder for the ... Hair, Light, Black for Hair, Men's, Modes of Dressing Hair, Modes of Crimping Hair, Most Beautiful Shades of Hair, Natural Colour of Best Hair Plaits — Where needed Hair, Proportions to be kept in the Hair, Recipes for Dyeing the Hair, Red, Conspicuous Hair, Red, Gold Bands for Hair, Red, Modes of Treating Hair, Red, Not much Admired Hair, Red, Treated by Contrast Hair, To Dye Black Hair, To keep in Good Condition Hair, Washes for the Hair, Woman's, Importance of Hair-nets, Home-made Hair-nets, Use and Abuse of Hair-pins, Best Kind of Hair Work, Hints on Hall, Entrance, in Large Houses Hall, Entrance, in Small Houses Hall, Furniture for the Hall Lamps 364 Hall Seat, Modern Gothic Halls and Lobbies, Furniture for Halves, Extraordinary Handwriting on the Wall Hands, Importance of the Hands, Man's and Woman's Hands, Perspiring, To Cure Hands, To Remove Stains from the Hands, To Soften the Hands, To Whiten the Hanging Press for Bedrooms Happiness to Improve the Complexion ... Harmoniums and American Organs Harpsichord Arrangement of Rooms Hartshorn, In case of Poisoning by Hat, Fashionable, in 1801 Hat, Linen, and Boots, Men's Hat, Methods of Trimming a Hat-rail Hung on Nails Hats and Bonnets, Trimmings for ... Hats for Men Hats versus Bonnets Headache, Causes and Cure of Head-coverings for Children Head, Infant's, Need of Keeping Cool Head, What is a Pretty Headdress in Nineteenth Century ... Headdresses, William and Mary Heads, Children's, Coverings for ... Heads, Children's, Washing Heads, Different Shaped Health, Children's. Care of 949 892 907 925 946 946 925 899 871 917 874 893 914 876 888 879 910 900 904 901 got 9°5 913 928 942 865 889 933 r 593 94 96 383 1 365 383 218 1752 1710 1035 l°35 1C45 104 1 1039 1038 286 991 418 69 807 1011 1098 1450 213 1451 1014 1009 748 707 67s 884 880 87s 707 7*3 B xviii Index. Hearthrugs, Different Kinds of 225 Helio-gravures and Photographs 401 Herring Bond, Definition of 147 Hill, Advantages of Living on a 63 Hipped Roof in Plan 175 Hire System, Reasons for the 210 Hire Systems Explained 211 Home, Art in the 314 Home, Dispensing at 763 Home, Lessons Learned at 836 Home Millinery 1448 Home Work in Education 821 Honesty Important in Children 823 Hood and Cape, To Make a 1306 Hood, Diagram of a Child's 13 08 Hooks, Buttons, and Strings, To Sew on 1367 Hooping-cough, Treatment of 747 Hoops of the Eighteenth Century 999 Horn Headdress 874 Horse, Lady's, Points of a 1211 Horsemanship, Importance of 1210 Horseshoe Puzzle, The 1753 Hospital, The, at Home 287 Hostess, Duties of the 1121, 1224 Hostess, Duties of a, in the Country ... 1227 Hot-air and Turkish Baths 220 House, Additions to the 123 House, Best Aspects for a ... 63 House, Building a, Preliminaries 60 House, Counting the Cost of Building a 84 House, Derivation of the term (note) ... 3 House, Designing, Hints on 81 House, External, The 159 House, Fences Round the 77 House, Finishing the 1 j6 House, Foundations for a 163 House Linen, List of 137s House, Most Comfortable Kind of 90 House, Preliminaries before Selecting ... 53 House, Principal Parts of, Detailed ... 92 House, Properly so-called 10 House, Value of a 55 House, Various Parts of the ... ... ... 213 House, Ways and Means of Acquiring a 52 House, What is a ? 3 House, Worst Kind of 91 House-building, Introductory Remarks on 1 Housemaid's and Butler's Pantry ... ... 297 Houses, Attached, Detached, and Semi- detached 15 Houses, Dwelling, Different Sizes of ... 6 Houses in Town and Country 62 Houses, List of Different Kinds of 3 Houses, Semi-detached, Detached, and Attached 15 How, When, and Where, A Game 1674 Huntsman, Game of the 1673 Hysterics, In case of 801 Illness in Children, Importance of Avoiding 623 Illuminating at Home , ... 460 Imitation Stained Glass 358 Imperial, Cultivation of an 877 Impressions, First, Importance of 820 Individuality in Dress 998 Infants, Contradictory Nature of 619 Infants, Convulsions in 663 Infants, Early Ailments of 657 Infants, Fragility of 621 Infants, Need of Exercise for 676 Infants, Need of Keeping the Head Cool 675 Infants, Too much Nursing Hurtful to ... 677 Inlaying, The Art of 379 Inspection, Official, of a House 131 Instruments, Musical 415 Instruments, Musical, Appearance of ... 419 Introduction, Letters of 1126, 1229 Introductions, Etiquette of 1125 Invalids, Furniture for 285 Invitation Books, Use of 1131 Invitation, Forms of 1127 Invitations, Acceptance of 1129 Invitations, Ball, Forms of 1128 Invitations to Dinner Parties 1153 Invitations to Luncheon, etc. 1130 Ivory Box, Antique Carved 440 Jackets, Ladies' Out-door, To Make ... I32g Jack's Alive, Game of 1671 Jacobean Table, Modern 372 Jambs, Boxed and Plain 186 Jardiniere, The, Described 255 Jardinieres and Indoor Flower Stands ... 447 Jewellery, Rules for Wearing 1095 Joiner's Work Described ... 179 Joists, Laying the 171 Joists, Standard Thickness of 168 Kidderminster Carpets ... 352 Kilting, Rules for , ... 1439 Kindergarten System, The 840 Kitchen, Back, or Scullery, The 294 Kitchen, Dresser for the 184 Kitchen, Furniture for the 291, 393 Kitchen, Linen for the 1383 Kitchen, Position of the 113 Kitchen Requisites, Price Lists of 292 Kitchen, Stoves Suited for the 191 Kneehnle Toilet Table 276 Knitting, Ancient and Modern 1568 Knitting as an Amusement 853 Knitting, Definition of 1563 Knitting, Elaborations of 1575 Knitting, Fancy, Stitches for 1571 Knitting, Materials Required for 1565 Knitting, Ribbed, Directions for 1570 Knitting, Stitches Used in 1565 et seq. Knives — Prices per dozen 311 Knotting, or Netting, Rules for 1500 Lace, Alencon 1315 Lace as an Adjunct to Ladies' Dress ... 1406 Lace, Brussels 1511 Lace, Honiton 1519 Lace Improved by Keeping 1510 Lace, Lisle 1514 Lace, Macrame", Implements Required for 1544 Lace, Macrame - , Methods of Working ... 1545 Lace, Macrame, Stitches used in *545 Lace, Macrame - , Uses of 1543 Lace, Mechlin 1512 Lace, Methods of Making 1509 Index. xix Lace, Point, at South Kensington 1510 Lace, Point, Edgings and Wheels for 1536,1538 Lace, Point, Hints on Making i S2 i Lace, Point, Materials Required for ... 1523 Lace, Point, Rules for Making IS i8 Lace, Point, Stitches Used in ... 1526 et seq. Lace, Point, Venetian and Spanish... Lace, Valenciennes Laces, Characteristics of Different ..." Lacroix on Bedsteads Ladies, Presentation at Court of Ladies Visiting, Attendance on Lady's Wardrobe, The Lamp, Roman ,„ "\ Lamps and Candlesticks ... ..." ..." Lamps, Varieties and Prices of Lancing Necessary in Teething Land, Acquirement of, on Lease Land, Freehold, Conveyance of Landlord, The, Tenant, and Apple-trees Languages, Foreign, On Learning ... Larder, Position of the Laudanum, In case of Poisoning by Laundry, Requisites for the Lavatories and Water-closets ... Lawn Tennis Dresses Lead, In case of Poisoning by ... Leasehold and Freehold Property ... Leases, Hints on Drawing up [ Leather Hangings for Walls ... ... ', Leather, Patent, Injurious for Shoes . Lefevere, M., on Hairdressing Legs, Bandy, and Weak Ankles Leisure Hours, Employments for ... , Lemonade, To Make Lemon or Orange Drink [ Lessons in Dressmaking „. Lessons Learned at Home '. Letters, Modes of Addressing ... ..." j Letters of Credit Letters of Introduction Letters, Privacy of Letter, Proposal of Marriage by' .'.',' Letters, Young Ladies' Hints on ... Levels, Advantages of Living on ... Library and Occasional Tables Library and Study Combination, The Library and Study, In the Library, Art in the \" M Library, Best Place for the .'" Library, Book-cases for the ... ." Library Chair, The Library, Furniture for the \" Licorice Tea, To Make " Lift Smoke, The Game of Lighting, Ancient Methods of ... ... Lighting, Artificial, History of Limbs, Broken, In case of Lime, Best Kinds of ' Lime, Chloride of, Uses of ... ,., Lime, Method of Obtaining '. Limestones for Building Purposes ... Limewash, To Make Linen as a Material for Embroidery " Linen, Good, Importance of Linen, Hat, and Boots, Men's Linen, House, List of .' 1539 1513 iS" 37° 1254 1 124 282 363 366 312 661 69 67 r 749 Linen Press, The Lingerie, Annual Cost of !!! Linseed Tea, To Make ... " Lips, Chapped, Remedies for ..." Lips, Colouring for the Lips. What are Pretty ? ... ... Lobbies and Halls, Furniture for Locality Suited for House Building Lodge, Definition of the term Looking-glasses, Prices of ... Looking-glasses, Toilet Lounge, Useful for Invalides '..'. Lounges and Settees Described Love, Disappointed, Hints on Lustres, Chandeliers, and Sconces "' ... 281 ... 1392 •• 776 •• 977 .. 978 •• 977 .. 218 .. 62 11 .. 278 •• i°77 .. 267 .. 231 ,. 1 140 •• 365 116 ... 806 300 203 1010 810 64 • - 43 . ... 328 ... 1054 . ... 874 . ... 915 • — 1655 • ••■ 777 • ••• 773 . ... 1414 . ... 836 . ... 1242 . ... 1184 1126, 1239 ■ ••• 1237 ... 1135 ... 1234 ... 63 , 234 102 263 43° 101 431 233 338 780 1789 363 362 795 J 54 813 153 143 158 1596 302 1098 1375 Machines for Washing and Wringing . , 0O Macram<£ Lace ; see Lace Macrame. Magnesia, Uses of fi , Magnetism, A New Kind of T l„ Mahogany for Building Purposes ... "' 1A i, Maid of the Crinoline Era..: ... 10 g° Majohca Ware, Characteristics of ' "' atZ Male Attire, Notes on Management, Household, during Illness 62I Management of Children, Errors in 686 Manna, Uses of "' " Mansarde Roof, Plan of „~ Manse, Definition of a Mansion, Definition of a ... ... " ' o Mantelboard and Fringe, The ' " " Mantelshelf, Boards for the 2 „ Marble for Internal Decorations .. "' ,26 Marble for Building Purposes ... ' J,, Marbles, Patent, How Obtained "' T ti Marie Antoinette, Hairdressing under ... 87? Marking, Fine, Method of x Marriage and Courtship, Etiquette of "' iim Marriage before the Registrar ... Marriage by Banns, Notes on "' Marriage by License, Fe«s for ... . " „?, Marriage, Modes of Contracting ... "' X1 £ Marriage, Refusal of, Etiquette for... ." n„ Mason's Work Described ' jgg Materials for Building ,\ \ Z7 o Mats and Scrapers for Doors '. ,; : Mats, Dinner or Table ... . 2Q , Mattress, French Spring *' 2 Mattress, Spring of 2 72 Mattresses and Bedding ' Meals, Children's, Punctuality for ..'.' .'" 6ck Meals, Eating between 6 ^ Measles, Treatment of " -e? Measurements for Dressmaking, 'Table of Meat for Children .'.. "„ '." Medicines for Home Use ' ofi, 817 Men's Dress, Details of ,\, ' I0o g Men's Dress for Special Occasions ... .'.' ion Men s Dress, Notes on ioo . Menu Cards, Designs for " ' uz6 Menus, Hints on Preparing .. "' „cq Metal Chairs ... ... ifa Mice, White, Hints on Keeping .'" '" t888 Milk, Condensed, for Babies "„ Milk, Mother's, Influenced by Worry "' 628 Milk, Regulating the Quantity of ... " 656 XX Index. Milliners at Home 1448 Millinery, Homemade, Cost of 1449 Mind, Children's, Need of Quiet for ... 728 Mirror and Sconces 386 Mirror, Triplex 389 Mirrors, Changing Fashions of 23s Mirrors for Toilet Use 1077 Mittens, Rules for Netting 1503 Modern Stained Glass v 357 Money, Borrowing for House-buying ... 56 Money, Pocket, for Children 845 Montague, Lady M. W., on Hairdressing 872 Montague, Lady M. W., en Hair Dye ... 911 Morning Calls, Etiquette of 1110 Morning-room, The 97 Mortar, Proper Way of Making 155 Mother, Milk of, Affected by Worry ... 628 Mother, Need of Self-control for a 629 Mother's Cares, Notes on 679 Mother's Duties Towards Children 620 Mothers' Medicine Chest, The 816 Mouldings and Cornices 188 Mouldings, Forms of 184 Mounts for Pictures 4" Mourning, Etiquette of 1252 Moustache and Beard, Cut of the 875 Moustache, Rules for Keeping the 876 Moustaches, Ladies', To Remove 948 Mouth, A Pretty 97° Muralis for Internal Walls 329 Musical Accessories 421 Musical Fright, Game of 1682 Musical Instruments, Appearance of ... 419 Musical Instruments, Family 415 Music at the Fireside 1871 Music Books, On Making 422 Music During Round Games 1656 Music in its Relation to Taste 414 Music in the House 1870 Music, Magic, Game of 1660 Musis-stool, Description of the 261 Music-stool, Tripod .. 421 Museums and Picture Galleries, Eti- quette for r 107 Nails, Biting the 1048 Nails, Care of the 1037 Nails, Children's, Care of 721 Napery, Use at the Table 451 Napkin Rings, Knitted, Directions for ... 1574 Navel, Protection of the 638 Neatness and Order, Importance of ... 831 Neck, Beauty of a Woman's 1015 Neck. Treatment of the iot6 Needlework, Art ; see Art Needlework. Needlework, Course of Instruction in ... 1346 Needlework, Fancy, Antiquity of 1465 Needlework, Implements for 1350 Needlework, Patching and Piecing ... 1371 Needlework, Repairing, Hints on 1369 Needlework, Soothing Influence of 1468 Neighbourhood for a House 39 Net, Darning on, Method of 1507 Netting, Implements required for 1507 Netting, Method of Working 1502 Netting-needle and Mesh 1501 Netting ©r Knotting, Durability of 1500 Netting, Stitches used in 1502 Nettle-rash in Children, to Treat 743 Night-clothes for Children 635 Nightdresses, Material for 1303 Nightdresses, to Make at Home 1299 Night Nursery, The no Ninon de l'Enclos _ 862 Nitre, in Case of Poisoning by 807 Norman Bed, after Willemin 370 Nose, Bleeding from the 788 Nose, Foreign Bodies in the 787 Nose, Greek, Dress suited to a 971 Nose, Red, Remedies for a 973 Nose, Spots on the, To Remove 974 Nose, Turned up, Dress for a 972 Noses in their Relation to Dress 969 Nurse for Children, A Good 690 Nurse, Monthly, Choice of a 626 Nurseries, Furniture for the 391 Nurseries, The Night and Day no Nursery, Airiness in the 682 Nursery, Cooking in the 687 Nurseries, Day and Night, The ... 267, 683 Nursery, Floor Covering for the 684 Nursery, Furniture for the 267 Nursery, Occupants of the 680 Nursery, Prettiness in the 681 Nursery, Sleeping in the 685 Nursery, Warmth of the 689 Nursery, Washing in the 688 Nurses, Fees to, Notes on 1191 Nursing, Good, Need of for Babies ... 678 Nursing, Too much, Injurious to Infants 677 Oak for Building Purposes 140 Observers, The Opinions of, on Dress ... 1087 Occupancy, Advantages of 36 Occupation, Terms of 32 Officers' Coats, Padding for 1022 Old Age, Beauty of 1079 Orange or Lemon Drink 773 Orchestras at the Fireside 1873 Organ, The American 262 Organ, The Chamber 262 Organs, American, Uses of 418 Organs, Chamber, On Building 417 Organs, Chamber, On Decorating 420 Organs, Chamber, Uses of 417 Ottoman, Seat of ... 232 Ottomans, Description of 232 Overalls for Children 703 Over-clothing Hurtful to Children 705 Ovid on Choosing a Coiffure 882 Ownership, Advantages of. 34 Owning and Renting, Difference between 33 Oxford Picture-frame 41 1 Painting, Face, and Cosmetics 993 Painting, Glazingj, «nd Paperhanginj ... 197 Paintings and Prints, Relation of 399 Palace, Definition of a 7 Paletots, Ladies, Patterns for 1333 Palissy Ware, Characteristics of 435 Pantiles 174 Pantry, Furniture for the 298 Pantry, Position of the ns Pantry, The Butler's or Housemaid's ... Tf>" Index. xxi Paperhanging, Cost of 200 Paperhangings, Designs of 334 Paperhanging, Glazing, and Painting ... 197 Paperhangings, Notes on 332 Paperhangings, Varieties of 333 Paraffin, Cleansing Properties of 944 Paraffin for the Hair 944 Parian Statuary, Beauty of 441 Parlour Chair 385 Parlours, Treatment of 385 Parquetry, Border of 344 Parquetry Floors, To Polish 347 Parquetry for Floors 344 Parquetry, French 344 Parquetry, Home-made 345 Parquetry, Modifications of 345 Parquetry, Solid 344 Parquetry, Veneer 346 Parties, Afternoon, Etiquette of 1203 Parties, Dinner, Invitations to 1152 Partition in Framework 168 Partition Walls, Division of 184 Partition, Wooden, Example of 139 Party-walls, Thickness of 170 Parts of a House Detailed 92 Passports, Rules for Using 1183 Patching and Piecing Needlework 1371 Patchwork, Hints on 1589 Paths to a House, Construction of 79 Patterns for Needlework 1311 Patterns in Dressmaking, Use of 1310 Patterns in Dressmaking, Use of 14 16 Patterns of Carpets 354 Patterns, Tracing, for Embroidery 1612 Pearlash, In Case of Poisoning by 807 Pedestal, Description of the ... 284 Pedestrianism as an Amusement 1929 Peers, Styles of Addressing 1244 Perfumes, Best kinds of 1075 Perfumes, Influence of 1074 Photographs and Helio-gravures 401 Photographs, Genre 402 Pianoforte, Advantages of the 416 Pianoforte, End View of a 419 Pianoforte, The Lover of Music to His ... 416 Pianos, Different Kinds of. 260 Picnics and Camping-out 1927 Picnics, Dress for 1209 Picnics, Hints on Giving 1205 Pictorial Art, Works of 395 Picture Galleries and Museums, Etiquette for 1 107 Picture Gallery, Designs for a 104 Pictures, Choice of Subjects for 403 Pictures, Frames for 410 Pictures, Ftaming, Utility of 407 Pictures, Gilt Frames for 410 Pictures, Independent 296 Pictures, Methods of Hanging 406 Pictures, Relation of Frames to 408 Pictures, Ralative Claims and Uses of ... 398 Pictures, Situation of 405 Pictures, Unpleasant 404 Pictures, Wooden Frames fer 411 Piercer Suited for Art Needlework 1609 Pigeon-houses for Fancy Pigeons 1882 Pigeons, Fancy Breeds of 1886 Pigeons, Feod for t 884 Pigeons, Houses for Pigeons, Sick, and How to Cure Them ... 1885 Pigeons, Varieties of 1882 Pilches for Babies, To Make 642 Pillow-cases, Proper Way of Making ... 378 Pillows, Paper, for Children 709 Plaiting in Straw, Paper, &c 1586 Plaits, Hair, Kinds of 888 Plaits, Hair, Where Suited 888 Plan, Description of 8t Plan, General, for Choosing a house ... 39 Plan of all Parts of a Roem 178 Plans and Elevations of a House 126 Plans, Illustration of 124 Plans of Houses, Rules for 74 Plans of Staircases 182 Plans Required for a House 124 Plasterer's Work Described 187 Plate and Cutlery, Notes on 452 Plate, Electro, Notes on 452 Plate, Not very Expensive 305 Plate, Patterns of. 306 Plate Racks, Use of 294 Plating, Cost of the Process 309 Playroom, Order in the 848 Pleatings as Trimmings 143S Plumber's Work Described 201 Pneumatic and Electric Bells 195 Pocket-money for Children 845 Point Lace ; see Lace, Point. Poisoning, In Case of 804 Politeness in Children, Need of 829 Pope Joan, Directions for 1783 Porcelain, Asiatic, Varieties of .. 436 Porcelain, Chelsea, Characteristics of ... 435 Porcelain, Chinese and Japanese 436 Porcelain, Dresden, Characteristics of ... 435 Porcelain, Popularity of 433 Porcelain, Sevres, Characteristics of ... 435 Porcelain, Specimens of 433 Porcelain, varieties of ... 434 Porcelain, Worcester, Characteristics of... 435 Porch, Reason for the 93 Portfolios and Print Easels 41-; Portico, Designs for the 93 Postman, The Blind, Game of 1661 Pottery, European Kinds of 435 Powder, Hair, Introduction of 871 Powders, Face, Substitutes for 1069 Powders, Violet and Other Face 1069 Pozzolana, Definition of 158 Praise for Children, Use of 833 Prayers, Daily, for Children 842 Precedence at Court, Rules of 1258 Preparations for a Confinement 63T Presentations at Court, Routine of 1256 Presents, Acknowledging, Hints on ... 1249 Presents, How to Make 1247 Presents, Wedding, Rules for 1147 Press, Hanging, for Bedrooms 286 Prettiness in the Nursery 681 Price Lists of Kitchen Requisites 292 Primariei, Presence of all the 323 Primary and Secondary Colours 317 Principles of Architecture, General 16 Principles of Building Societies 5S mi i Index. Print Easel Prints and Paintings, Relation of ... Prints, Collections of Proofs of an Engraving Problems and Puzzles Proverbs Acted by Single Players ... Proverbs in Tableaux Proverbs, The Game of Pugging Floors Punctuality Needed with Babies ... Purchase, Acquirement of House by Purchase and Rental Compared Purls or Edgings for Point Lace ... Purses as Objects for Art Needlework Puzzles and Problems Quantities, Bills of, Explained ... Quarrelling Children to be Checked Queen and Royal Family, Letters to th Queen Anne Cabinet Queen Anne Furniture Queen Anne Style, The Queen Victoria, Gracefulness of Questions and Answers, Game of ... Questions, Cross, and Crooked Answers Quick and Dull Children Quilting Garments, Rules for ... ., Quilts, Knitted, Instructions for ., Quit, Notice to, Form of , Rafters at Gable End of Roof .., Ranges and Stoves Considered Raspberry Vinegar, To Make Reading Aloud, Hints on Reading as an Amusement ... „ Reading-chair, The so-called Reading, Hints on, for Children Reading and Library Chairs ... ., Read, What Shall I? Red Gum in Infants, To Cure ... „ Red Gum to Cure Reflets in Hair , Regularity of Feature, Unpleasing.. Removing Furniture, Cost of Renaissance and Cinque-cento Architec- ture Renaissance in England, The Rental and Purchase Compared Renting and Owning, Differences between Rent and Income, Proportion of Rent, Ground, Explained Rent, Why Pay ? Repairs for Needlework Reptiles for Vivaria Refusal of Marriage, Etiquette of ... Restlessness in Children, Cause of .., Reviewers, Game of, The Rhubarb, Uses of. Rhymes, Acting, or Dumb Charades Ridge Tile Riding Accidents, Conduct During... Riding-habit, A Lady's Riding, Hints for Gentlemen on ... Riding, Hints for Ladies on Rings, Engagement, Etiquette of .., Rings, Wedding, Notes on Ringworm, Cause and Cure of 413 399 254 400 1749 1698 1697 1601 168 647 51 49 1538 1653 1749 834 1243 373 382 382 1028 1662 1665 838 J345 1572 44 174 191 779 264 855 233 1867 673 744 902 859 313 23 24 49 33 46 1369 1849 "37 742 1650 766 1666 175 1217 1212 1218 1212 "39 1 146 752 .. 1956 .. 204 •• 730 2, 1387 .. 368 • ■ 363 .. 368 .. 123 .. 174 .. 174 .. 178 .. 100 Rink, Skating, How to Make a Rippingille Dinner Stove, The Rising, Early, for Children Rollers for Kitchen Towels Roman Curule Seat Roman Lamp Roman Sella Roof-Garden, The Roof, Simple Construction of Roof with King-post Room, Plan of all Parts of a Rooms Devoted to Special Purposes Rooms, Enumeration of Different 97 Rooms, Furniture for Different 383 et seq. Rooms in a House 8o Rooms in Gable Ends Rooms Used by Day, The Rough Casting, Uses of Round Games for all Ages Rubble, Coursed, and Ashlar Work Ruff and Long Spoon, temp. Elizabeth... Salt Cellars, Notes on Salt, Good for Children Salts of Lemon, In Case of Poisoning by Salts, Smelling, In Case of Poisoning by Sal Volatile, In Case of Poisoning by Sampler, Description of a Samplers, Utility of Sandwich Case Sandwich Tray, The Sarcasm and Positiveness to be Avoided Sashes and Frames of Windows Scalds and Burns, To Treat Scantlings, Sizes of Scarlet_ Fever, Treatment of ... Scarletina, Treatment of Scents for Toilet Use Schoolroom, Fittings for the ... Schoolrooms for Children ... ... Schoolroom Furniture... Sconces, Chandeliers, and Lustres Scorbutic Humours, To Treat ... Scorched Linen, Remedy for ... Scouring Powder, Use of Scrap-books for Children Scrapers and Mats for Doors ... Screens as Objects for Embroidery Screens, Different Kinds of Screens for Chairbacks Screens, Large Folding Scrofula, Treatment of Scrubbing, Hints on Scullery or Back Kitchen, The... Scullery, Position of the Scullery, Requisites for the S-Drain Trap Sea Bathing for Children Sea and Her Children, The Game of Seams, Proper Way of Making Sea-salt for Children Self-control Needed by Mothers Self-help, Necessity of Self-measurement, Rules for Self-reliance for Children Semi-detached, Detached, and Attached Houses 23 223 158 1655 142 1003 603 699 812 807 807 1584 1583 1496 297 1267 183 791 168 756 756 1073 112 839 267 365 753 483 482 851 215 1650 !, 582 248 249 759 469 294 "4 464 1 161 727 1663 1363 724 629 462 1414 784 IS Index. xxiii Sella, Roman , Senna Syrup, or Tea Senna, Uses of Servants, Characters of Servants, Church for Servants, Duties of Servants, Fees to, from Visitors Servants, Hints on Behaviour Towards Servants, Old-fashioned Servants, Power of Employers over Servants, Promptness in Paying Services for Breakfast, &c Serviettes, To Make Settees and Lounges Described Sewing Machine, Use of the ... Sewing Machine Shadow Buff, Game of Shaving, Notes on Sheets, Proper Way of Making Shilling,_The Mysterious Shirt, Diagrams for Cutting Out a Shirt, Faults Common in a Shirt, Hints on Making a Shirts, Different Varieties of ... Shoes, Importance of Good Shoulders, Braces for the Shoulders, A Woman's Shuttle for Tatting Sideboard, Modern Gothic Sideboard, Uses of the Sideboards, Ordinary Form of ... Sienese Ware of Benedetti Silk Fabrics for Embroidery ... Silks, Purse, for Embroidery ... Silks Used for Art Needlework Silkworm, The Silkworms, The Rearing of Sill, Window, Elevation of Sink, Uses of a Sites for House Building Sitting-rooms, Methods of Warmin; Sixpence, The Vanishing Sixpences, To Rub Two into One Size for Distemper Colours Skates, Best Kinds of Skating, Figures in Skating, Hints for Skating on Rollers, Hints on ... Skating Rink, To Make a Skin, Broken or Grazed, To Cure Skin Disease Produced by Soap Skin Eruptions in Children Skin, To Preserve Soft the ... , Skirt, Hints on Making a , Skirts, Pleated and Gathered ... Slabs, Concrete, Building with... , Slang in Conversation Slater's Work Described Sleeping in the Nursery Sleeves, Dress, Hints on Making . Sleeves, Dress, Patterns for ... , Sleeves for Shirts and Nightdresses Sleeves, Suited to Different Arms . Sleight of Hand, Hints on ... . Slow Combustion Grate, A ... . Small-pox, Treatment of Smith and Ironmonger's Work ... . 368 770 768 1230 S27 428 "33 1220 ... 1009 ... 529 ... 528 ••• 303 ... 1382 231, 574 ... 1271 ... 1368 ... 1681 ». 983 — 1375 ... 1711 . 1283 • 1293 • 1050 . 1020 . 1018 ■ 1559 • 373 • 373 . 242 • 434 . 1601 . 1606 • 1605 ■ 1895 ■ 1895 , 186 , 464 ■ 63 • J 93 1720 r 7i3 33 6 , 1949 1952 1950 1958 1956 793 1066 733 1061 1432 13 17 152 1269 175 685 1325 1325 1277 1031 1710 193 758 189 Smoking-caps, Notes on Smoking-room, Art in the , Smoking-room, Best place for the ... Snip-snap-snorem, The Game of Soap, Extract of ., Soap, Transparency in, not a Test of Purity Soaplees, In Case of Poisoning by Soaps, Best Kinds of Soaps for the Toilet Soaps, Impure, a Cause of Skin Disease 1066 Societies, Building, Advantages of ... Societies, Building Rules of Society, Small-talk of Soda for the Hair Soda Objectionable for Cleaning .., Sofa, Old-fashioned, Use of Solitaire, Rules for Playing Soothing Cordials for Babies ... ... Sore Mouth or Thrush, To Cure ... Soreness During Teething Sore Throat in Children, To Cure ... Specifications for a House Speculation, Directions for Playing at Sponges for the Toilet Sponsors, Duties of Sprains, To Treat Spirits of Salts, In Case of Poisoning by 811 Spring Cleaning, A Few Hints on Spring Mattress, French Square, A Perfect Squares, The Puzzle of Six ... Squirrels, Hints on Keeping ... Stained and Coloured Glass ... Stained Glass, Imitation Stained Glass, Modern Stained Glass, Uses of Stains Fruit, To Remove Stains in Clothes, To Remove ... Stains, Ink, To Remove Stairs, Coverings for the Stairs Stair-carpets, Use of Staircase, Construction of Staircases, Best Materials for ... Staircases for Different Houses Staircases, Plans of Staircases, Treatment of Standing Gracefully, Difficult ... Starch, Best Kinds of ., Starch, Hints on Using Stencil Border , ... Stencil Corner ,, ... Stencil Patterns Stencilling Walls, Hints on Step Chair, The Stimulants Hurtful to Children Stings, What to do with Stitches used in Art Needlework Stitches used in Berlin Work ... Stitches used in Crochet , Stitches used in Embroidery ... Stitches used in Guipure d'Art... Stitches used in Knitting Stitches used in Macrame" Lace Stitches used in Plain Work ... Stitches used in Point Lace Stone, Building in 1652 39 2 105 1065 807 1062 1059 56 1270 942 465 230 7814 650 737 669 740 132 1785 1067 1187 789 593 272 x 754 r 75o 1887 196 358 357 366 216 ... 217,472 182 95 384 ... ... 1019 499 500 337 337 - ... 337 337 233 739 790 1620 1490 1576 M94 1505 1565 et seq. 1545 • • ... 1353 1526 et seq. 141 XXIV Index. Stones used for Building 243 Stonework, Notes on 185 Storage and Cooking, Notes on 290 Storm Shutters, Description of 223 Stove, Modern, and Chimney-glass 386 Stoves and Firegrates Considered 192 St. Peter's Chair 368 Straw, Plaiting in 1586 Streets, Etiquette of the 1101 Strings, Buttons, and Hooks, To Sew on 1397 Stucco for Internal Decorations 326 Study and Library, in the ... 263 Subjects for Pictures, Choice of 403 Subjects for Pictures, Unpleasant 404 Subsoil, Best, for House 39 Suites of Bedroom Furniture ... 275 Sultry Weather, Exercise for Children in 717 Summer, Children's Clothing in 705 Summer, Child's Dress in 1460 Summer, Exercise for Children in 717 Sunburn, To Remove 992 Sundays, Children's, Notes on 844 Sunshine, Effect of, on Hair 945 Sunstroke, In Case of 802 Supper for Balls 1176 Suppers for Children 700 Surface, Ornamentation of a Wooden ... 379 Swallowing Boiling Water 794 Sweeping, Use of Tea-leaves for 469 Sweets, Injurious, for Children 694 Swimming Hand over Hand 1941 Swimming, Hints on 1937 Swimming in the Sea ... 1945 Swimming, Practical Hints on 1946 Swimming, Strokes used in 1938 Swimming Under Water 1044 Swiss Coiffure, Modern 874 Symmetry of Figure, Notes on 995 Table, Arrangement of the 450 Table, Books for the 427 Table-cloths, To Make 573. 1380 Table-covers, Kinds and Prices of ... 235, 568 Table, Decorations, for the 1159 Table, Dinner, Flowers on the 457 Table, Dinner, Shape of the 1146 Table d'hfite, Etiquette of the 1181 Table Dressing 569 Table, Foreign, Manners at 1178 Table, Georgian 272 Table, Gipsy 567 Table, History of the 372 Table Linen, List of 1380 Table, Modem Jacobean 372 Table, Modern Jacobean 381 Table, Office 568 Table, Taste at the 449 Tables, Toilet, Varieties of 276 Table, To Pass a Tumbler through the 1739 Tables, Different Kinds of 234 Tables, List of Varieties of 234 Tableaux Vivants, Notes on 1706 Tarsia-work Explained 379 Talks on the Toilet 157 Tapestry or Arras for Walls ... 327 Tapestry Carpets 357 Tapestry, Definition and History of ... 1480 Taste, Cultivated, Necessity for 1090 Tatting, Directions for 1560 Tatting, Requisites for 1558 Taxes and Income, Proportion of 46 Tazza of Caffaggiolo Ware 435 Teachers, Unobservant, Harmful 837 Tea and Other Services 303 Tea, Cold, To Improve 774 Tea Pots, Tin, Prices of 310 Tea, Hints on Making 606 Tea Pots, Cosies for 606 Teas, Afternoon, Etiquette of 1201, 606 Teeth, Care of Children's 723 Teeth, Good, Importance of 981 Teeth, To Preserve the 981 Teething as a Child's Illness 659 Teething, Lancing Needed in 661 Teething, Symptoms of 666 Teething, The Warm Bath in 662 Telescope Dining Table, The 234 Temperament Shown by the Colour of Hair 899 Tenancy, Yearly, Advantages of 41 Tenancy, Yearly, Form of Agreement for 41 Tennis Court, The 1900 Tennis, Dresses Suited to 1010 Tennis, Lawn, Implements for 1900 Tennis, Lawn, Practical Hints on 1904 Tennis, Lawn, Rules for 1902 Tent Bedstead, Top of 271 Terms, Coming to, with a Landlord ... 40 Tete-a-tete Chair 233 Texts as a Mural Decoration 459 Texts, Home Illuminated 460 Theatricals, Amateur, Hints on 1703 Theatricals, Rehearsing for 1704 Thought, What's my, like? 1684 Throat, Sore, in Children 740 Thrush in Infants, To Cure 657 Thrush or Sore Mouth in Childien 737 Ticking for Children's Wear 1463 Tight-lacing, Evils of 997 Tiles, Encaustic, for Floors 342 Tiles, Encaustic, for Walls 330 Tiles for Garden Edgings 80 Tinted and Ornamented Ceilings 340 Toast and Water, To Make 772 Toilet-covers, Prices of 274 Toilet Glass, The Price of 277 Toilet, My Lady's, Game of 1688 Toilet Requisites, Notes on 1059 Toilet Set, Prices of 275 Toilet, Soaps for the 1059 Toilet Tables, Varieties of 296 Toilet, Talks on the 857 Toothache and Earache in Children ... 749 Toothrash, Cause and Cure of 745 Topics, Controversial, to be Avoided ... 1268 Topics, Unpleasant, to be Avoided 1265 Towel-horses, Varieties tf 284 Towels, Proper Way of Making 1379 Town and Country, Expenses in, Com- pared 47 Toys for Children 847 Tracing and Transferring Patterns 1612 Trades Employed in Building 89 Trays, Bread, Butler's, &c 297 Index. xxv Transparency in Soap not a Test of Purity Treading Water, Hints on Tricks with Playing Cards Trimmings for Dresses Trimming and Quilting Garments Triplex Mirror ... Triptych, Roman Pictured Tricycle, Advantages of the Trusting Children, Need of Truth, Importance of, in Children Tudor Architecture in Private Houses ... Tudor Architecture, Peculiarities of Tulip Puzzle, The Turkey Carpets Turkish and Hot-air Baths Turning and Altering Dresses Turpentine for Paint Marks Turpentine, Use of, as a Disinfectant ... Tuscan Order of Architecture Twirl the Trencher, Game of 1065 1942 1741 1435 1345 389 39° I93 1 826 823 61 349 220 1441 482 815 18 1687 Unconsciousness, Causes and Cure of 797 Unselfishness a Necessity in Society ... 1085 Vaccination, Necessity of 761 Value, Actual, of a House 55 Vase, Antique 437 Vegetables for Children 698 Veil for House-cleaning 464 Velvet for Embroidery-work 1602 Veneer Parquetry 346 Venetian Blinds, To Clean 594 Venetian Blinds, Uses of 359 Venomous Bites, To Treat 792 Ventilator, Canvas 116 Ventilation, Definition of 173 Villa ; Definition of a 9 Virginal of Queen Elizabeth 419 Visits of Ceremony, Etiquette of n 20 Visiting, Book for, Use of 11 16 Visiting Friends, Etiquette of 1109 Visitors, On Entertaining 1122 Visits, Country, Rules for 1117 Visits, First, Etiquette for 1115 Vitremanie, Diaphanie, &c 358 Vivaria, Reptile, Notes on 1894 Voice, On having no 1872 Vomiting in Children, To Treat 746 Vowels, The Five, Game of 1664 Wainscoting and Matchboarding 331 Waist, Clothing Suited to the 102s Waists, Children's, Care of 712 Waiter?, Duties of n 57 Walking as an Amusement 1929 Walking, Children Learning 714 Walking, Deportment and Manner in ... 1099 Walking, Hints on Long 1929 Wall, Broken. To Repair 575 Wall Decoration, Model of 337 Wall-papers, Varieties of 333 Wall-papers, Designs of 334 Wall-plate, Position of the ... 174 Walls and Ceilings, Decorations of 325 Walls, Modes of Decorating Walls, Partition, Divisions of Walls, Thickness of Walnut Reading Tables, Cost of ... . Wardrobe, Gentleman's, The Wardrobe, Lady's, The Wardrobe, Uses of the Warming Sitting-rooms, Methods of Washes for the Hair Washing and Dressing Babies Washing Day, Preparations fa- ... . Washing in the Nursery Objea ionable . Washing Children at Bedtime Washing and Wringing Machints ... Washstands and Other Articles ... , Washstand for the Bath-room Washstand, Modern Gothic Wasteful Children Sinful Waste, Teaching Children not to ... . Watch Trick, A Curious Water-closet and Lavatory, The ... , Water-closet, Furniture for the ... , Water-closets, Position of Water in the Head, To Treat Water, To Prepare, for a Bath Water, To Render Soft , Water, Tricks with , Weather-boarding, Examples of ... , Wedding Breakfasts, Rules for ... , Wedding Cards, Etiquette of , Wedding Ceremony, Rules of the ... , Wedding Presents, Hints on , Wedding Presents, Rules for , Weddings, Proper Seasons for Wedding Rings, Notes on Wedgwood Ware, Characteristics of Whatnot, Uses of the Whalebone Brush Wheels for Point Lace Whiskers, On the Absence of Whist, General Remarks on Whistle, The Game of the Whist, Maxims for Playing Whist, Short, Threehanded, &c. ... Whist, Terms used in Whitewash, Directions for Making... Whitewashing, Brush used for Whitewashing, Hints on Window, Flower-boxes for the Window-frames and Sashes Window-frame and Sash Fastener ... Window-sill, Elevation of the Windows, Cleaning, Notes on Windows, Illustrations of Windows, Need of Windows, Principles of Building ... Windows, Stained, In Private Houses Windows, To Render Opaque Wine Bins for Private Houses Wine Cooler, Uses of the Winter, Ladies' Dress in ... ... ... Witch, Trick of the Wines at Dinner, Order of Woollen Fabrics for Embroidery ... Wolf and the Lambs, Game of Women Discontented with their Hair Wooden Bread Tub Wooden Floors, Kinds of Wood, Hints on Building in I4S 265 283 282 280 i93 942 644 481 688 720 300 275 391 389 832 696 1740 203 219 121 674 1066 1066 1715 139 "57 1152 1150 1248 "47 1141 1 146 435 256 886 1537 875 1765 1689 1480 5 r 3 513 5i3 443 183 183 186 472 169 355 169 196 350 296 245 1398 1678 1165 1609 1675 862 298 343 139 xxvi Index. Wood, Surface Ornamentation of Wooed and Wooer, Etiquette for Woolwork, Berlin, History ©f ... Woolwork, Stitches used in Work and Recreation for Children Work, Best Way of Holding ... Work, Crewel, Notes on Work for Girls 379 "33 i486 1490 856 I3SO 1492 852 Worms in Children, To Remove Worry, Influence of, on Breast-milk Worship, Places of, Etiquette in .. Wringing Machines, Use of Yes and No, Game of Zinc Roofing, Uses of 736 628 1105 483 1685 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Air Brick .., Applique-work, Leaf in Arabian Bedstead Arrangement of Rooms, Harpsich Ashlar-work, Example of ... Aspects, Diagram to Illustrate Attics, Best Forim of Attics, Different Forms of... Backgammon Board, The Badminton, Ground Plan of Badminton, The Game of ... Balcony Supported on Cantilevers Basket, A Hanging Basket, A Rustic Bath, Improved Sanitary .., Bath-room, Grating for Bay Window Bed at Hampton Court Bed, Norman Bed of Ware, The Great Bed with Trimmings Bedstead, Arabian Bedstead, Patent Combination.. Bedstead, Tent, Top of Bell Drain-trap Blind, Cane Blind of Strips cemented together Block Plan of Attached Houses Bodices, Plain, Diagrams of Bookcase, Carved Book Press, Dwarf Book-shelves, Antique Hanging Book-shelves, Hanging Book-sides, Patterns for Bower Patent Sewer-gas Trap Box, Carved Ivory Boxed Joint for Mantelshelf Box, Flower, Rustic Window Box, Flower, Standard Brick, Air, for Ventilating ... Brick Footing for Walls Bricklaying, Examples of ... Brooms and Brushes Brushes, Scrubbing Brush, Whalebone Hair ... Brush, Whitewash Butler's Tray, The Buttress, View of a Cabinet, Inlaid ^abinet, Queen Anne 107 828 169 59 86 24 64 16 962 1026 1025 124 977 980 396 143 12 237 2 35 2 37 3G9 169 170 170 97 225 144 6 743 283 284 285 283 279 98 292 121 295 296 107 99 88 314 317 537 342 187 243 340 Cane Blind ... Canterbury, The Canterbury, Upright Cantilevers Supporting a Balcony Canvas Ventilator Capes, Ladies', Diagrams of ... Card Puzzle, A Carpet Brush Carpet Surrounding Bedstead ... Carrier Pigeon, The Ceiling, Ventilator in Chair, Boudoir Chair, Cromwell's Chair, Dining-room Chair, Drawing-room Chair, Egyptian Chair, Greek Chair, Library Chair, Modern Gothic Chair of St. Peter Chair, Parlour Chair, Reading Chair Re-covered Chair, Step Chair, Tete-a-tete Chairs, To Re-seat Chandeliers and Sconces Chamber Plan of Villa Charlecote, Arch at Charlton House, Fireplace at ... Charlton House, Kent Charlton House, Staircase in ... Checkmate, Simple Form of Cheffonier, Modern Renaissance Chemise, Diagrams of a Chess, Pieces used in Chess, View of the Board Cheval Glass Chignon, Rear View of a Chimney Flues Chimney Throat, Construction of Chimneys, Fireplace by side of China, Patterns of Antique Cinder Sifter Coal-scuttles, Hods, and Vases ... Coiffure in 1880 Coiffure, Modern Swiss Collars and Cuffs of Shirts Colours, Primary and Secondary Colours, Proportions of Column, Capital of, and Entablature Column of Corinthian Order xxviii List of Illustrations. Column of Doric Order 9 Column of Ionic Order 10 Combination Bedstead, Patent 170 Combination Garment, The 718 Concrete, Mode of Building in 90 Cones, A Frame of 985 Cone-work, Hand-glass Frame in 975 Cone-work, Rustic Frame in 992 Cone-work, Wall Pocket in 975 Coping and Rafter at Gable End 168 Copper, The 322 Corinthian Order, Column of 10 Cornice, Section of 147 Cornices and Mouldings 123 Costume, Early English 586 Costumes of temp. James 1 588 Costumes of temp. William III 588 Couch, Modern ... 251 Couch, Modern Gothic 235 Coursed Work, Example of 85 Crewel-work, Stitches Used in 886 Crochet, Needle for S66 Crochet, Stitches Used in 867 Croquet, Plans of the Hoops 1029 Croquet, The Game of 1034 Croquet, The Materials for 1028 Cross-pieces, Wooden, Method of Joining 83 Cuffs and Collars of Shirts 724 Cupboards, Dwarf and Hanging 119 Dado, Gothic Oak 209 Darning and Patching, Diagrams of ... 768 Davenport, The 162 Decanters, Best Forms of 193 Dining-table, Telescope 151 Dinner Stove, Rippingille 135 Dinner-waggon, The 160 Dishcovers, Rails for 186 Dominoes, The Game of 966 Door, Frame-work for a 103 Doors, Ledged and Panelled 114 Doric Order, Column of 9 Double Flooring, Diagram of 101 Double Flooring, Section of 102 Dovecote, A Small 1005 Drain-pipe, showing Junction 97 Draught-board and Men 960 Drawers, Diagrams for Cutting out 728 Drawing Puzzle, A 931 Dresser, Section of a 120 Dresser, The Kitchen 386 Dresses, Diagrams for Cutting out 738 Dresses, Measurements for 790 Dressing-table and Trimmings 376 Dressing-table, Modern Gothic 255 Dress of the Cavalier 590 Dumb Waiter, The 161 Dwarf and Hanging Cupboards 119 Easter Eggs Utilized 978 Egyptian Chair 231 Elevations, Front and Back, of Villa ... 73 Elevations, Side and End, of Villa 74 Embroidery, Stitches Used in 823 English Bond in Bricklaying 88 Entablature, with Capital of Column ... 8 Escritoire, Inlaid 256 Excelsior Spring Mattress 171 Fancy and Plain Skating 1054 Feather Broom, A 382 Feather Fire-screen 382 Feather, Method of Curling a 334 Fenders, Measurement of 157 Fenders, Two Shapes of 157 Fern, Pot for Growing a 297 Filter, Home-made 396 Fireplace and Dogs 253 Fireplace with Over-Mantel 248 Fireplace, Antique Style 253 Fireplace at Charlton House 127 Fireplace, Chimneys by side of 106 Fireplace, Construction of 105 Fire, Ready for Lighting 391 Flemish Bond in Bricklaying 88 Floating, The Method of 1046 Floor-boards, Methods of Joining 113 Flooring, Double, Diagram of 101 Flooring, Double, Section of 102 Flooring, Section of when Complete ... 101 Flooring, Single, Diagram of 101 Floors, Method of Pugging 102 Foot-brush and Scraper Combined 140 Footing, Brick, for Walls 99 Footing, Stone, for Walls 99 Foot, Natural Shape of the 607 Framed Floor, Double 102 Frame for a Door 103 Frame Stool, The 161 Framework, Wooden, Example of 82 Gable End, Rooms in a 16 Gallery, Picture, Plan of 60 Garde-feu, Queen Anne 254 Gaselier, Conventional Mediaeval 227 Gipsy Table 1^3,374 Uiransole 157 Girder in Vertical Section 104 Glass Cheval 176 Goffering, Irons for 333 Goring, Diagram Illustrative of 795 Grate for Slow Combustion 128 Ground-floor, Plan of Rooms on 51 Ground-plan of Villa 71 Guipure d'art, Stitches Used in 832 Guttering, Different Plans of no Hair Brush, Method of Cleaning 329 Hall Seat, Modern Gothic 248 Halves Extraordinary 930 Hand-over-hand, Swimming 1048 Hands, Man's and Woman's 600 Hanging and Dwarf Cupboards 119 Hanging Basket, A 977 Harpsichord Arrangement of Rooms ... 59 Hat, Fashionable, in 1801 591 Hat-rail Hung on Nails 142 Head-dress at Beginning of Nineteenth Century 533 Head-dress, Modern Swiss 530 Head-dress of temp. Edward IV 530 Head-dress, temp. William and Mary ... 531 Hexagon Puzzle, The 933 List of Illustrations. xxix Hipped Roof in Plan Hods, Vases, and Scuttles for Coal Hoops at Different Periods Horseshoe Puzzle, The House, Diagram of Aspects for a Housemaid's Box House, Plan of Ground-floor of a Houses, Attached, liiock Plan of Ionic Order, Column of Ironing-board Iron-stand and Holder Jackets, Ladies' Outdoor Jamb, Boxed, for Mantelshelf ... Japanese-work, Imitation Jardiniere King-post of Roof Kitchen Table, The Knife Machine Knitting, Stitches Used in Lace, Macrame - , Stitches Used in Lace, Method of Washing Lace, Point, Stitches Used in ... Lady's Wardrobe, The Lamp, Roman Landlord and Apple-trees Puzzle, 1 Lawn Tennis, Bats for Lawn Tennis, Ground Plan of .. Leaf Transparency, A Library Chair Library Table Linen Box Lounge, Useful, for Invalids .. Lounges and Settees Macramb' Lace, Stitches Used Mansarde Roof, Section of Mantelshelf Board Mantelshelf, Boxed Jamb for . . Mattress, Spring of Measurements for Dresses Mirror and Sconces Mirror, Hand Mirror, Triplex Mirrors, Queen Anne Mouldings and Cornices Museum, Plan of Music Stool, Tripod Muslin Window Curtain Needlebook, A Rustic Netting : Method of Holding Work Netting Needles and Mesh Ninon de l'Enclos Norman Bed Occasional Table Office Table Ottoman, An Ottoman, Seat of Owl Pigeon, The Pantiles Parlour Chair in 158 584 930 2 4 3 11 51 332 332 109 385 3" 860 850 328 843 178 227 929 1018 1019 981 150 152 355 166 149 850 64 56, 383 121 171 790 250 538 256 246 123 60 277 384 992 830 829 525 235 »S3 375 370 149 1006 110 249 Parquetry, Illustrations of Parquetry, Veneer Partition, Wooden, Example of Partition, Wooden Frame Patching, The Proper Method o Piano, End View of a Piano, Front of a Piano, Upright Picture-frame, Straw Picture Gallery, Plan of Pictures, Methods of Hanging .. Pigeons, Different Breeds of .. Plan, Basement or Cellar, for Vi Plan, Chamber, of Villa Plan, Ground, of Villa Plan of all Parts of a Room Plan of Attached Houses Plan of Museum ; Plan of Picture Gallery Plan of Rooms on Ground Floor Plans and Elevations, Illustration of Plans of Staircases Plata, Patterns of Plate-rack, The Point Lace, Stitches Used in Pouting Horseman, The ... , Pugging Floors, Method of Puzzle, A Card Puzzle, A Drawing Puzzle, The Hexagon Puzzle, The Horseshof Puzzle, The Tulip Puzzles, Illustrations of Differe Queen Anne Cabinet Queen Anne Furniture Rafter at Gable End, and Copinj Rails for Dishcovers Reading Chair Ridge Tile Rippingille Dinner Stove Roof, Hipped, in Plan Roof of Villa, Plan of Roof, Simple Construction of ... Roof with King-post Roof, Plans for Rooms in the ... Roofs, Section of Different Room, Plan of all Parts of a Rooms, Harpsichord Arrangement of Rooms in Gable End Rooms on Ground Floor, Plan of Rubble-work, Example of RufF and Long Spoon of the Sixteenth Century Rustic Basket, A Sandwich-case, Embroidered... Sandwich Tray Sash-fastener and Window-frame Sconces and Chandeliers Scraper and Foot-brush Combined Screen, Bamboo, and Ferns Screen, Folding Scuttles, Hods and Vases for Coal Sella, Roman Servant, Old-fashioned 2'-7 219 83 103 763 276 377 164 973 60 266 1005 72 71 71 "3 6 to 60 51 70 116 194 312 843 1005 102 932 93i 932 930 933 929 240 246 186 151 in 135 1 1 1 75 109 109 64 64 113 59 16 51 5S6 980 827 187 117 228 140 233 5-9 xxx List of Illustrations. Settee and Lounge 149 Settee, Cushions for a 378 Sewing Machine, Useful 767 Shuttle for Tatting 858 Sewer-gas Trap, Bower Patent 98 Shirt, Diagrams of a 719 Shirts, Cuffs and Collars for 724 Single Flooring, Diagram of 101 Sink, Housemaid's 310 Skate, Old-fashioned 1052 Skating, Fancy 1034 Skating, Plain 1053 Skirts, Diagrams for Cutting out 738 Sleeves, Diagrams of Different 715 Slow Combustion Grate 128 Spring Mattresses 171 Staircase in CharltonHouse 57 Staircases, Construction of 116 Staircases, Plans of 116 Stencilling, Patterns for 213 Step Chair 151 Stitches Used in Crewel-work 886 Stitches Used in Crochet 867 Stitches Used in Embroidery 823 Stitches Used in Guipure d'art 832 Stitches Used in Knitting S60 Stitches Used in Macrame Lace 850 Stitches Used in Plain Sewing 764 Stitches Used in Point Lace 843 Stitches Used in Woolwork 818 Stockings, Method of Hanging 325 Stone, Different Methods of Bu : lding ... 85 Stone Footing for a Wall 99 Stove, Modern, and Chimney Glass ... 251 Straw Picture-frame 973 Swimming, Hand-over-hand 1048 Swimming Under Water 1050 Table for the Kitchen 385 Table, Gipsy 153 Table, Kneehole Toilet 176 Table, Library 152 Table, Modern Jacobean 244 Table, Occasional 153 Table, Office _ 375 Table, Telescope Dining 151 Table, The Scrap 379 Tatting, Shuttle for 858 Telescope Dining-table 151 Tennis, Lawn, Bats for 1018 Tennis, Lawn, Ground Plan of 1019 Tent Bedstead, Top of 170 Tete-a-tete Chair 150 Throat of a Chimney, Construction of ... 105 Tile for Roof Ridge in Toilet-table, Kneehole 176 Tools for Making Wax Flowers 974 Transparency, A Leaf 981 Trap, Bower Patent Sewer-gas 98 Trap, Common Bell Drain 97 Trap, S-drain 97 Tray, Butler's 187 Tray, Sandwich 187 Treading Water, Method of 1048 Triptych, Roman Pictured 259 Trumpeter Pigeon, The 1005 Tulip Puzzle, The 933 Vase, Antique 290 Vases, Hods, and Scuttles for Coal 158 Veneer, Parquetry 219 Ventilating, Simple Arrangement for ... 62 Ventilation, Simple Method of 106 Ventilator in Ceiling 108 Ventilator, Simple Canvas 65 Vertical Section ot Villa 74 Villa, Basement or Cellar Plan of 72 Villa, Elevations, Front and Back of ... 73 Villa, Elevations, Side and End of ... ... 74 Villa, Plan of Roof of 75 Villa, Plans and Elevations of 71 Villa, Vertical Section of 74 Verginal, Queen Elizabeth's 275 Wall, Brick Footing for 99 Wall, Divisions of a 120 Wall, Stone Footing for a 99 Wardrobe Cupboard 370 Wardrobe, Lady's 178 Washing Machine 322 Washstands for the Bath-room 257 Washstand Modern Gothic 254 Water, Swimming Under 1050 Wax Flowers, Tools for Making 974 Weather-boarding, Examples of 83 Whatnot, Corner 163 Whitewash Brush 342 Window, Bay 12 Window-frame and Sash Fastener 117 Window-sill, Elevation of a 121 Windows, Brickwork Round 104 Wooden Frame for a Door 103 Wooden Framework, Example of ... ... 82 Wooden Partition, Example of 83 Wooden Partition, Frame for 103 Woolwork, Stitches Used in 818 Work, Stone, Examples of 85, 86, Wringing Machine 324 WHELPTON'S PILLS Are one of those rare Medicines which, for their extraordi- nary properties, have gained an almost UNIVERSAL REPUTATION. 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Uut be this as it may, it is for such as thpsp anri The House and its Furniture. 3 " WHAT IS A HOUSE 9 " If any one were to ask this it would in all probability be thought for the moment that a very unnecessary question had been put, inasmuch as the answer seems sufficiently obvious. A little consideration, however, will show that it is not so easy to give a direct answer to the question as appears at the outset. The following, .perhaps, will afford as good a reply as any. A house 1 is any building for habitation or shelter ; and, conversely, any building that is used for habitation or shelter is a house. Speaking of the word house, a writer in Beeton's Dictionary of Universal Information says : " In the widest acceptation of this term it may be applied to any erection calculated to afford shelter to man or cattle, or protection to goods and stores • but in a more restricted sense is confined to the dwellings in which the middle classes of English society reside, in contradistinction to the more extensive palace, castle, or mansion of the titled and wealthy on the one hand, and the little cottage of the artisan and labouring man on the other.' 4 THE PROGRESS OF ARCHITECTURE. The house in all its various forms, whether as a dwelling-place for man or a shelter for animals, took its rise in the necessity that human beings found at a very early period for protection from the weather at first, and after- wards, as their numbers increased, as a defence against the robber and manslayer, and the stealthy approach of the prowling beast of prey, when rest and the renewal of bodily power and activity were sought in sleep. It was from such a germ as this that the art of building, gener- ally called architecture, sprung, and, fostered by the ever-increasing wealth and inventive and creative power of man, blossomed, as it were, into the manifold structures that are now demanded by the requirements of society, from the simple cottage of the labourer to the house of God. 5 DWELLING-HOUSES in this country are as various in size as they are in style ; but although they are roughly divisible into classes, it is difficult to determine with any precision the point at which one class may be considered to end and another begin. Let us first glance at the different names that are commonly applied to various kinds ot houses, and endeavour to ascertain from the primary meaning of each name the purposes which the class of house to which it is assigned is required to satisfy. In our inquiry we must restrict ourselves to buildings that are used for dwelling-houses, as any other kind of structure is manifestly out of the field that we propose to occupy. I 6 CLASSIFICATION OF DWELLING - HOUSES. Buildings that are inhabited by man— in other words, dwelling-houses— may be fairly classified as : — 1. Palaces. 3- Villas. 5- Lodges. 2. Mansions. 4- Houses. 6. Cottages. To attempt any subdivision of this broad and general classification is 1 The English word house, an expansion meanings than the one already given, and these merely of the Anglo-Saxon, Gothic, Icelandic significations have, to a certain extent, consider- or Old Norse, and Swedish hus, and first cousin, able d ivergence one from another, though each hngultically speaking, of the Danish hurts, and all are nothing more than adaptations of the the Dutch Lis, the German haus, and first primary meaning of the word, namely, a dwell- cousin once removed of the Latin casa, has more ing, shelter, or place. The House and its Furniture. 3 impracticable. It would be difficult to decide whether the bungalow and the cottage orne should be ranked as subsidiary to the villa or the cottage proper ; for while neither the one nor the other could with strict propriety be called a villa or a cottage, each partakes so much of the nature of both, that good reasons might be adduced for placing it in either category. 7. A " PALACE " is a large building in which a monarch, prince, or titled person of eminence and wealth resides, and which contains a vast number of rooms for the reception of the persons, always many in number and of various grades of society, that form the household or retinue of the owner or high personage to whom it is assigned as a place of residence. 8. THE "MANSION" is in many cases what may be termed a palatial residence, or building which partakes of the nature of a palace in size and extent. It is usually applied to the residences of the nobility and titled and wealthy persons in town or country, who, although they have no personal retinue or suite, yet require residences containing many apartments, for the reception of visitors and the accommodation of their household, which includes a great number ot servants, and is necessarily large. The mansion contains twenty or thirty rooms, and upwards. From the same Latin origin as the word "mansion" is derived "manse," applied in Scotland to the dwelling-house of the minister or clergyman of the parish, probably because it was a more substantial building than most of the other dwelling-houses found within its limits. Formerly the word was frequently applied to any house or habitation of some pretension, and especially to a parsonage- house. 9. VILLA. The term " villa " has a very wide acceptation, and is applied in the present day indiscriminately to any pretty private resi- dence, either in the country or in the suburbs of a town, which has some garden ground attached to it. No house, in fact, should be called a villa, or has any right to rank as such, unless it has a good garden. To define the amount of garden ground that entitles a residence to be regarded as a villa is impossible ; but it may be taken to range from about the eighth of an acre to some five or six acres in extent, including garden, shrubbery, paddocks, &c. It should stand in its own grounds, or, at all events, should be accessible on three of its four sides, as in the case of a semi-detached villa residence. Speaking broadly, the villa will contain from ten to twenty rooms. Many so- called are to be found that contain more than twenty and less than ten, but in the former case they approximate very closely to the mansion or to the house in the most extended application of the term, and in the latter to the more simple cottage. Villas are the residences of tthe more wealthy members of the middle class of this country. 10. HOUSE. The meaning and derivation of the word "house," in its general acceptation and more restricted applications, has been alr eady given ; and it only remains to point out here its variations