Herrick begins where housekeeping begins, with choosing a home, and advises that no more than a fifth or sixth of income should go on rent. She moves on to furnishing, servants or managing without them, the routine of cleaning, laundry, the care of silver, glass and china, and the many small economies of an early twentieth-century American household.
A practical period guide that doubles as a window on domestic life a century ago. Download the free EPUB.