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Title: Household Papers and Stories

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

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THE WRITINGS
OF
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Riverside Edition

_WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTIONS
PORTRAITS, AND OTHER
ILLUSTRATIONS_

IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES
VOLUME VIII

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO

[Illustration: Portrait of Mrs. Stowe]

HOUSEHOLD PAPERS
AND STORIES

BY
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

[Illustration: Mrs. Stowe's Hartford Home]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1896

Copyright, 1868,
By TICKNOR & FIELDS.

Copyright, 1864, 1892, 1896,
By HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

Copyright, 1896,
By HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

_All rights reserved._

The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTORY NOTE vii

HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS
I. The Ravages of a Carpet 1
II. Homekeeping vs. Housekeeping 16
III. What is a Home? 33
IV. The Economy of the Beautiful 54
V. Raking Up the Fire 69
VI. The Lady who does her own Work 85
VII. What can be got in America 101
VIII. Economy 112
IX. Servants 133
X. Cookery