This book is 1861, Martha Stewart. Now, I was blessed with great-grandparents being born in 1899 and 1910 and their siblings who were still alive during my childhood. It is a meaty tome that is available on Kindle for different prices from free to 12.99 depending on the version. It is very much the way my great-grandmother ran her home. I came to understand the difference when I would visit his French-Candian grandparents who were born in 1925 in Canada and came to the city as babies. My immigrant grandparents adapted to new technology more readily than my New England born great-grandparents,
Some of the information is dated of course, yet, the premises of housekeeping are the same. I still put a toast rack and a teapot on the table in the morning. It is an interesting read about daily Victorian Life. The discussion of finding joy and economy is a premise that holds true today. There is a dish or two in the book that is lovely to serve today,
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