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The woman's book, dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems

1894 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · 230 pictures

A two-volume household and advice manual issued by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York in 1894, written by several contributors for American women managing homes, budgets, education and paid work. Pen-and-ink line drawings show suburban houses, dormered rooftops, mantel shelves with crockery, draped writing desks and lawn plantings, offering designers clean contour outlines, hatched shading and period furnishing detail.

Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration

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