- 1Introduction
- 2Chapter I — My Speculation in China Ware
- 3Chapter II — Something About Cooks
- 4Chapter III — Light on the Subject
- 5Chapter IV — Cheap Furniture
- 6Chapter V — Is It Economy?
- 7Chapter VI — Living at a Convenient Distance
- 8Chapter VII — The Picked-Up Dinner
- 9Chapter VIII — Who Is Kriss Kringle?
- 10Chapter IX — Not at Home
- 11Chapter X — Shirt Buttons
- 12Chapter XI — Pavement Washing in Winter
- 13Chapter XII — Regard for the Poor
- 14Chapter XIII — Something More About Cooks
- 15Chapter XIV — Not a Rag on Their Backs
- 16Chapter XV — Curiosity
- 17Chapter XVI — House-Cleaning
- 18Chapter XVII — Broiling a Lobster
- 19Chapter XVIII — The Strawberry-Woman
- 20Chapter XIX — Lots of Things
- 21Chapter XX — A Cure for Low Spirits
- 22Chapter XXI — A Bargain
- 23Chapter XXII — A Peevish Day and Its Consequences
- 24Chapter XXIII — Words
- 25Chapter XXIV — May Be So
- 26Chapter XXV — “The Poor Child Died”
- 27Chapter XXVI — The Rival Bonnets
- 28Chapter XXVII — My Washerwoman
- 29Chapter XXVIII — My Borrowing Neighbor
- 30Chapter XXIX — Experience in Taking Boarders
- 31Chapter XXX — Two Ways With Domestics
- 32Chapter XXXI — A Mother’s Duty
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
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