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Excerpt from Housekeepers Handy Book While the writer was visiting friends in their country home not long ago, many ques tions of domestic economy came up. It was suggested that a book devoted to such mat ters would be of service to many housekeepers. This work is the result. The information contained herein is derived from practical experience. Naturally it has come from mani fold sources; it has been accumulated in the course of observation and of practice; it is made up of knowledge handed down in the writer's family, and imparted by numerous friends, who herewith are accorded hearty thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.