Simple rules for the guidance of persons in humble life : more particularly for young girls going out to service

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Darling, Eliza, Lady
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Sydney : James Tegg, 1837
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SIMPLE RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF PERSONS IN HUMBLE LIFE; MORE PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG GIRLS GOING OUT TO SERVICE. 1
SIMPLE RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF PERSONS IN HUMBLE LIFE; MORE PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG GIRLS GOING OUT TO SERVICE. 3
TO THE CHILDREN EDUCATED IN THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 5
PREFACE. 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 9
CHAPTER I. CONVERSATION BETWEEN A MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER. 11
CHAPTER II. VISIT TO A NEIGHBOUR’S COTTAGE. 15
CHAPTER III. MRS. SHEPHERD’S ADVICE TO SARAH BROWN 22
ADVICE TO SERVANTS, WHO DESIRE TO SERVE AS THE SERVANTS OF CHRIST, AND TO DO THE “WILL OF GOD FROM THE HEART.” 29
PART II. 32
PART III. 34
PART IV. 36
PART V. 39
ADVICE TO SERVANTS. 40
PART II. ON BEHAVIOUR TO MASTERS AND MISTRESSES. 42
PART III. ON BEHAVIOUR TO FELLOW SERVANTS, CHILDREN, &C. &C. 49
PART IV. ON DRESS, COMPANY, AND AMUSEMENTS. 54
PART V. ON RELIGIOUS DUTIES. 57
CATECHISM ON THE DUTIES OF SERVANTS. 60
CHAPTER II. ON THE PRE-REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS OF DOMESTIC SERVICE IN GENERAL. 68
CHAPTER III. OF THE PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS OF DOMESTIC SERVICE 75
CHAPTER IV. THE DUTY OF THE HOUSEMAID. 83
CHAPTER V. THE DUTY OF THE NURSEMAID. 98
CHAPTER VI. THE DUTY OF THE LADY’S MAID. 109
CHAPTER VII. THE DUTY OF THE LAUNDRESS. 112
CHAPTER VIII. DUTIES OF THE SEMPSTRESS AND DAIRYMAID. 116
CHAPTER IX. THE HOUSEKEEPER’S DUTY. 123
PRELIMINARY ADDRESS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA ALMANACK, ENTITULED "Poor Richard's Almanack, for the Year 1758.” WRITTEN BY DR. FRANKLIN. 128
ANECDOTES, HINTS, &c. PRACTICAL HINTS. 138
BAD MANAGEMENT. 139
STORY OF HEGIAGE AND ABDARMAN. 140
TABLE OF EXPENSES, INCOME, OR WAGES. 142
CONTRAST. 143
CONTRAST. 143
HAPPY SERVANT MAID. 144
NURSEMAID. 145
JOHN TOMKINS. 149
LINES 149

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