Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.

xi, 407 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / By the author of "Cottage comforts".

Kansas State University receipt book and household manual / compiled by G.A. Rudolph.

Domestic duties; or, instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes.

2 unnumbered pages, 176 pages : frontispiece ; 15 cm

The frugal housewife : Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / By Mrs. Child.

The making of the home : a book of domestic economy for home and school use / by Mrs. Samuel A. Barnett.

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The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / By the author of "Cottage comforts".

Kansas State University receipt book and household manual / compiled by G.A. Rudolph.

Domestic duties; or, instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes.

The frugal housewife : Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / By Mrs. Child.

The making of the home : a book of domestic economy for home and school use / by Mrs. Samuel A. Barnett.

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The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / By the author of "Cottage comforts".

Kansas State University receipt book and household manual / compiled by G.A. Rudolph.

Domestic duties; or, instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes.

The frugal housewife : Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / By Mrs. Child.

The making of the home : a book of domestic economy for home and school use / by Mrs. Samuel A. Barnett.

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