Every Woman's Encyclopaedia

cONTENTS

[Woman’s Home]

Choosing a House

Building a House

Improving a House

Wallpapers

Lighting

Heating, Plumbing, etc.

The Rent-purchase System

How to Plan a House

Tests to Plan a House

Tests for Dampness

Tests for Sanitation, etc.

Glass

China

Silver

Home-made Furniture

Drawing-room

Dining-room

Hall

Kitchen

Bedroom

Nursery, etc.

*Housekeeping

Cleaning

Household Recipes

How to Clean Silver

How to Clean Marble

Labour-saving Suggestions, etc.

Wages

Registry Offices

Giving Characters

Lady Helps, etc.

Servants’ Duties etc.

Plain Laundrywork

Fine Laundrywork

Flannels

Laces

Ironing, etc.

[Woman’s Beauty Book]

*Beautiful Women in History

*Treatment of the Hair

*The Beauty of Motherhood and Old Age

*Two Effects of Diet on Beauty

*Freckles, Sunburn

*Beauty Baths

*Manicure

*The Beautiful Baby

*The Beautiful Child

*Health and Beauty

*Physical Culture

*How the Housewife may Preserve Her Good Looks

*Beauty Foods

*Beauty Secrets Mothers ought to Teach their Daughters

*The Complexion

*The Teeth

*The Eyes

*The Ideal of Beauty

*The Ideal of Figure, etc.

[Children]

Clothe

How to Engage a Nurse

Preparing for Baby

Motherhood

What Every Mother should Know, etc.

How to Engage a Private Governess

English School for Girls

Foreign Schools and Convents

Exchange with Foreign Families or Learning Languages, etc.

Use of Clubs

Dumb-bells

Developers

Chest Expanders

Exercises without Apparatus

Breathing Exercises

Skipping, etc.

How to Arrange a Children’s Party

Outdoor Games

Indoor Games

How to Choose Toys for Children

The Selection of Story Books, etc.

[Woman’s Work]

Doctor

Civil Servant

Nurse

Dressmaker

Actress

Musician

Secretary

Governess

Dancing, Mistress, etc.

Canada

Australia

South Africa

New Zealand

Colonial Nurses

Colonial Teachers

Training for Colonies

Colonial Outfits

Farming, etc.

Photography

Chicken Rearing

Sweet Making

China Painting

Bee Keeping

Toy Making

Ticket Writing, etc.

[Marriage]

*The Ceremony

*Honey Moons

*Bridesmaids

*Groomsmen

*Marriage Customs

*Engagements

*Wedding Superstitions

*Marriage Statistics

*Trousseaux

*Colonial Marriages

*Foreign Marriages

*Engagement and Wedding Rings, etc.

[Woman’s Medical Book]

*Home Nursing

*Infants Diseases

*Adults Diseases

*Homely Cures

*Consumption

*Health Hints

*Hospitals

*Health Resorts

*First Aid

*Common Medical Blunders

*The Medical Chest

*Simple Remedies, etc.

[The Lady of Quality]

*Presentations and Other Functions

*Court Balls

*The Art of Entertaining

*Dinner Parties, etc.

*Card Parties

*Dances

*At Homes

*Garden Parties

*The Fashionable Resorts of Europe

*Great Social Positions Occupied by Women

*Etiquette for all Occupations, etc.

[Woman’s Dress]

How to Cut Patterns

Methods of Self-measurement

Colour Contrasts

Home Tailoring

Representative Fashions

Fancy Dress

Alteration of Clothes, etc.

Choice

How to Keep in Good Condition

How to Soften Leather, etc.

Lessons in Hat Trimming

How to Make a Shape

How to Curl Feathers

Flowers, Hat-pins, Colours, etc.

Choice

How to Preserve, etc.

How to Detect Frauds

Choice

Cleaning, etc.

[Needle Work]

*Embroidery

*Embroidered Collars and Blouses

*Lace Work

*Drawn Thread Work

*Tatting

*Netting

*Knitting

*Crochet

*Braiding

*Art Patchwork

*Plain Needlework

*Presents

*Sewing Machines

*Darning with a Sewing Machine

*What can be done with Ribbon

*German Applique Work

*Monogram Designs, etc.

[Kitchen & Cookery]

*Ranges

*Gas Stoves

*Utensils

*The Theory of Cooking

*The Cook’s Time-table

*Weights and Measures, etc.

*Recipes for Soups, Entrees, Pastry, Puddings, Salads, Preserves, etc.

*Cookery for Invalids

*Cookery for Children

*Vegetarian Cookery

*Preparing Game and Poultry

*The Art of Making Coffee

*How to Carve Poultry, Joints, etc.

[The World of Women]

*The Queens of the World

*Famous Women of the Past

*Women’s Societies

*Great Writers, Artists, and Actresses

*Women of Wealth

*Women’s Clubs

*Wives of Great Men

*Mothers of Great Men

*Woman’s Who’s Who, etc.

[Woman’s Law Book]

*Marriage

*Children

*Landlords

*Money Matters

*Servants

*Pets

*Employer’s Liability

*Lodgers

*Sanitation

*Taxes

*Wills

*Wife’s Debt, etc.

[Woman in Love]

*Famous Historical Love Stories

*Love Letters of Famous People

*Love Scenes from Fiction

*Love Poems and Songs

*The Superstitions of Love

*The Engaged Girl in Many Climes

*Proposal of Yesterday and To-day

*Employments in Olden Days, etc.

[Woman and Religion]

Missionaries

Zenana Missions

Home Missions, etc.

How to Work for Great Charities

Great Charity Organizations

Local Charities, etc.

How to Manage a Church Bazaar

What to Make for Bazaar

Garden Bazaar, etc.

[The Arts]

Art Education in England

Art Education Abroad

Scholarships

Exhibitions

Modern Illustrations

The Amateur Artist

Decorative Art

Applied Art, etc.

Musical Education

Studying Abroad

Musical Scholarships

Practical Notes on the Choice of Instruments

The Musical Education of Children, etc.

Famous Books by Women

Famous Poems by Women

Tales from the Classics

Stories of Famous Women Writers

The Lives of Women Poets, etc.

[Women in her Garden]

*Practical Articles on Horticulture

*Flowers Growing for Profit

*Violet Farms

*French Gardens

*The Vegetable Garden

*Nature Gardens

*Water Gardens

*The Window Garden

*Famous Gardens of England

*Conservatories

*Frames

*Bell Glasses

*Greenhouses

*Vineries, etc.

[Woman’s Recreations]

Golf

Lawn Tennis

Hunting

Winter Sports

Basket Ball

Archery

Motoring

Rowing, etc.

Photography

Chip Carving

Bent Iron Work

Painting on Satin

Painting on Pottery

Poker Work

Fretwork

Cane Basket Work, etc.

Card Games

Palmistry

Fortune Telling by Cards

Caravanning

Camping

Travelling

Cycling, etc.

[Woman’s Pet]

*Prize Dogs

*Lap Dogs

*Dog’s Points

*Dog’s Clothes

*Sporting Dogs

*How to Exhibit Dogs

*Cats: Good and Bad Points

*Cat Fanciers

*Small Cage Birds

*Pigeons

*The Diseases of Pets

*Aviaries

*Parrots

*Children’s Pets

*Uncommon Pets

*Food for Pets

*How to Teach Tricks

*Gold Fish, etc.

Biography

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