1

ber invited to, 69. Arrangement of the table at, 70. 72, 73.
Cloth, 73. Bill of fare for, 71. Dessert after, 74. Wines
at, ib. Servants and lights at, 77, 78. Confusion at, to be
avoided, 79.

Dinner, announcement of, and regulations as to company
at, 79. Carving at, 82-92. Drinking health, and taking
wine at, 93. Retirement of ladies from, 93.
Dining-room, see Furniture, 211.

Diseases, contagious, infectious, non-contagious, 501. Con-
tagious, mumps, purulent ophthalmia, erysipelas, ring-worm
of the scalp, itch, 302, 305. Infectious hooping-cough,
dysentery, scarlet fever, measles, small-pox, chicken-pox,
consumption, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308.
Non-con-
tagious, 309. Inflammatory and those arising from de-
bility, 510-313, 314.

Diseases, red gum, 558. Thrush, 361. Convulsions, 362.
Dissipation, general effects of a life of, 415.

Drawing-room, arrangement of, at morning visits, 65.
Drawing-room, see Furniture, 212.

Dress, 108. Keeping in order in wardrobe, 202.
Dysentery, 305.

Ducks, carving, 85.

Duties, social, not to be neglected, 423. Domestic, division of
the work. 1. Duties of social life. 2. Managenient of
house. 5. Disposal of time. 4. Moral and religious

duties.

E

Early-rising, advantages of, 378.

household concerns, 385.

Economy, 106, 107.

Education, influence of, 150.,

Eels, 240.

Erysipelas, 303.

For study, 582. For

Evening parties, general observations, 96. At home, card
for, 97. Balls, card for, ib. Flowers, lights, and music
at, 98. Duty of lady of the house at, servants at, retiring
tea, coffee, refreshments, supper, 99 101.
Routs, 102. Conversaziones, 103. Invitations and arrange-
ments at, ib. Cards, 104.

room,

Evening, occupations for the, 390. Drawing and music, 392,
393. At home, 396. Prayer, 474.

Example, influence of, 148.

Exercise, necessity of active, 593.

F

Family, calculation of daily consumption of food by a
small, 160.

Fashion, influence of, and when to conform to, 125–127.
Feeding bottle, 363.

Fish, choice of, see Provisions, 238. Carving, 83.

Fomentations, 555.

Fortitude, what it may be defined to be, 450. By what sup-
ported, 451.

Footman, see Servants, duties of, 175-180. Wages of, 140,
-142. Cleanliness in a, 179.

Fowls, choice of, 241. Carving, 84.

Friction, 336.

Friends, conduct towards, 12. Early, continued intercourse
with, 13. Intercourse with, how far regulated by husband's
wishes, 14. Intercourse with, how far affected by unequal

marriages, 15.
Friendships, formed subsequent to marriage, 18. Formations
of, and choice of friends, 20-24. Between married women
and men, 25. How regulated.

Fruit Room, 262.

Furniture, good and bad taste in selection of, 205. Kitchen,
207. Cleaning of, 207—210. Steam kitchen, 207. De-
scription of, 208. Expence of, 209. Implements necessary
for, 209-210. Dining room, 212. Pictures and sideboard
in, 212. Drawing room, 212. Observations of the style
of furniture in, 215. Drawing room, walls of, 214. Con-
trasts of colour in, 214. Carpets and chairs in, 216.
Cleaning rosewood tables in, 218. Marble slabs, 219.
Curtains in, ib. Stoves, ib. Oil cloth cleaning, 220.
Feathers, quality of, ib. Blankets and Counterpanes, 221.
Beds, Bed-hangings, and Carpets, 222. Dressing room, 225.
Nurseries, 224. Plate and cleaning plate, 225, 226.
Glass and China, 228-229. Cleaning glass, 231.
Furs, preservation of, 203.

G

Glass, 228. Cleaning, 231. At dinner, 78.

Grocery, &c., purchase of, 246.

Gruel, 225.

Hare, carving, 87.

H

Health, general observations on the preservation of, and grati-

tude to God for, 266. Folly of talking of the state of our,

271.

Home, not at, considerations on the propriety of this mode of
denial, 62. Evening at, see Evening, 396.

Hooping-cough, 285-306.

Housekeeper, Duties of, 161. Wages of, 142.

Housemaid, see Servants, Duties of, 162-168. Wages of,

142.

Husband, attention to, during illness, 286-288.
Hysterical spasms, 270.

I

Income, regulation in expenditure of, 7.
Indigestion in infants, 359.

Infants, see Children and Lying-in-room. Treatment of, at
birth, 347-352. Suckling of, by the mother, 350. Wean-
ing of, 363. Washing young, 185-353. Direction of the
attention of, 186. Where they should sleep, 354-357.
Cries of, 357. Red Gum in, 358. Hiccough in, 358.

Bowels of, 359. Feeding, 360.
Introductory Remarks, 1.

Invitations, 96.

Itch, 304.

Laundry Maid, duties of 169.

Wages of, 142.

Linen, family, and clothes, 192. Directions for choice of,

discouraged, 197. Washing,
disadvantages of, 199.

Pre-

194. Bargain making, 195.
198. Home washing, 198.
servation of, 200. Removal of spots and stains from, 200.
Mending of, 201.

Lobsters, choice of, 240.

Lying-in-room, 336. Preparations necessary for, 338-340.
Clothes for the infant, and their prices, 339. General re-
quisites for the, 341. Monthly nurse for, 541-344. Ven-
tilation and cleanliness in, 343. Leaving the, 348.

M

Mackarel, choice of, 239.

Mahogany, polishing, 218.

Maid, lady's, wages of, 142.

Manners, ease of, when pleasing, 409. Of young persons not
improved by too great familiarity with the world, 411.
Manoeuvring, baneful effects of, 441.

Marketing, 243.

Married women, general duties and obligations of, 5.

Meat, see Provisions, 234.

Measles, 285-305.

Medical attendant, choice of, 318.

Misfortunes, reflections occasioned by, 451. Necessity of re-

straint of feelings under, 455.

Morning, advantages of, for employment, 377. First duty on

rising in the, 380. Prayer, 474.

Mothers, duty of, as nurses, 350.

Mullett, choice of, 239.

Mumps, 302.

Mutton, carving, 89-91. Choice of, 236.

Music at balls, 99.

Muslins, washing, 169.

Needle work, 404.

N

Negligence to personal appearance, folly of, exemplified, 110.
Nervous affections, 315.

Nurse, characteristics of a good, 289. 323. Monthly, 341—
344. Wet, 357.

Nursery and nurse maid, duties and personal appearance of a
nurse maid, 172. Necessity of engaging a steady nurse
maid, 181. Nurse maid not to leave infant, 182. Correc-
tion of children by, 183. Habits of, 184. Attention to in-
fant by, 185. Selection of, 187. Acquaintance by, 190.
Amusements of children in nursery, what encouraged, what
forbidden, 188, 189. Children when to be removed from
nursery, 190. Furniture of nursery, 224.

Oil Cloth. 20.
Ox beef, 235.
Oysters, 240.

P

Parties, Dinner, see Dinner Parties, 68. Evening, see Evening
Parties, 96.

Partridges, carving, 85.

Pheasants and Pigeons, carving, 86, 87.
Pig, carving, 91.

Plate, 225. Cleaning, 226. Intrusting to servants, 228.
Pleasure, disappointment attending the mere pursuit of, 414.
In what we may take real, 414. Review of the conduct and
feelings of the votaries of, 416-422.

Pleurisy, 285.

Poor, visiting the houses of the, and clothing the, 120—121.
Poulterer, 335.

Poultices, ib.
Pork, 237.

Pox, small, 306. Chicken, ib.

Prayer, see Religious Duties, 473.

Presents, when to be made, value of, and how regulated, 122

-125.

Preserves, 254.

Pride and vanity, causes of self-deceptions, 442. Definitions
of, 444, 445.

Principles of conduct, advantages of good, 429-431.
Private devotion, necessity and propriety of, 381.
Procrastination, disadvantages of, 386.

Propriety, definition of, 408.

Provisions, choice of, 234. Ox beef, 235. Veal, 236. Lamb, ib.
Mutton, ib. Pork, 237. Bacon, ib.

Venison, ib.

Fish,

238. Turbot, cod, salmon, skate, soles, herring, whiting,
mackarel, hake, mullet, eels, 238-240. Sea cray-fish, 240.
Domestic fowls, 241. Pigeons, hares, partridges, 242. Mar-
keting, 245. Purchase of, 246. Stores, 247.
Purulent ophthalmia, 302.

Putrid sore throat, 285.

Quadrille parties, card for, 97.

Raisins, 248.
Reading aloud, 404.

Red-gum, in infants, 358.

Q

R

Relations, conduct towards, 41. Who have formerly kept
husband's house, 42. Influence of wife's, in regulation of
her family affairs, 43. Interference by, in matrimonial dis-
putes, 44. Imprudence in imparting them to, 45. Advice,
how and when to be requested and taken from, 46. Con-
duct towards husbands, 49.