Letters To A Young Housekeeper

Excerpt from Letters to a Young Housekeeper Dear Penelope: You have no idea how your plaintive little "wail" in the form of a letter went right to my heart, or what memories long forgotten it brought back to me of my early married life. You are perfectly right in thinking that I too had my "experiences," and I am so pleased that you came to me to see if I could help you by recalling what I actually went through myself and what those "experiences," almost tragic to me at the time, brought about in the way of remedies. I have no doubt that it will seem "like a leaf out of your own book" when I tell you that when we began housekeeping I started, as a matter of course, in about the same way of living that I had been accustomed to in my mother's house. 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.

'Letters to a Young Housekeeper' is an epistolary novel written by the author to a friend she called Penelope. The story is told only from the letters written by Penelope - it can be said that the letters are primarily used as a device to tell the author's daily household-related activities as a housewife.

Letters to a Young Housekeeper by Marie Hansen Taylor, first published in 1892, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Published in 1892 by Marie Hansen Taylor, Letters to a Young Housekeeper provides advice and support to a young woman beginning her married life. In a warm, encouraging tone Taylor offers the young woman the benefit of her experience, providing household tips, recipes, and information designed to help the young woman thrive in her domestic obligations.

Excerpt from Letters to a Young Housekeeper I had a vocation as well as my husband that, by careful thought, I could make him feel that it was worth while to work hard if what he earned went just as far as it could and if when he came home tired he found my part attended to so well that the home was comfortable and se rene. For why, if he went faithfully to his business daily, as a matter of course, in order to give me the wherewithal to run the house, should not I do my part as seriously and faithfully? 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.

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