The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

22. HAVING THUS INDICATED some of the more general duties of the

mistress, relative to the moral government of her household, we will now give a few specific instructions on matters having a more practical relation to the position which she is supposed to occupy in the eye of the world. To do this the more clearly, we will begin with her earliest duties, and take her completely through the occupations of a day.