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THE LIBRARY
OF
HOME ECONOMICS
A COMPLETE HOME-STUDY COURSE
ON THE NEW PROFESSION OF HOME-MAKING AND ART OF RIGHT LIVING;THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE MOST RECENT ADVANCES
IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES TO HOME AND HEALTH
PREPARED BY TEACHERS OF
RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY
FOR HOME-MAKERS, MOTHERS, TEACHERS, PHYSICIANS, NURSES, DIETITIANS,PROFESSIONAL HOUSE MANAGERS, AND ALL INTERESTED
IN HOME, HEALTH, ECONOMY AND CHILDREN
TWELVE VOLUMES
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PAGES, ONE THOUSAND ILLUSTRATIONSTESTED BY USE IN CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTION
REVISED AND SUPPLEMENTED
CHICAGO
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS
1907
AUTHORS
ISABEL BEVIER, Ph.M.
Professor of Household Science, University of Illinois.Author U.S. Government Bulletins, "Development of the Home Economics Movementin America," etc.
ALICE PELOUBET NORTON, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Home Economics, School ofEducation, University of Chicago; Director of the Chautauqua School of DomesticScience.
S. MARIA ELLIOTT
Instructor in Home Economics, Simmons College; FormerlyInstructor School of Housekeeping, Boston.
ANNA BARROWS
Director Chautauqua School of Cookery; Lecturer Teachers'College, Columbia University, and Simmons College; formerly Editor "AmericanKitchen Magazine;" Author "Home Science Cook Book."
ALFRED CLEVELAND COTTON, A.M., M.D.
Professor Diseases of Children, Rush Medical College,University of Chicago; Visiting Physician Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago;Author of "Diseases of Children."
BERTHA M. TERRILL, A.B.
Professor in Home Economics in Hartford School ofPedagogy; Author of U.S. Government Bulletins.
KATE HEINTZ WATSON
Formerly Instructor in Domestic Economy, Lewis Institute;Lecturer University of Chicago.
MARION FOSTER WASHBURNE
Editor "The Mothers' Magazine;" Lecturer Chicago FroebelAssociation; Author "Everyday Essays", "Family Secrets," etc.
MARGARET E. DODD
Graduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Teacher ofScience, Woodward Institute.
AMY ELIZABETH POPE
With the Panama Canal Commission; Formerly Instructor inPractical and Theoretical Nursing, Training School for Nurses, PresbyterianHospital, New York City.
MAURICE LE BOSQUET, S.B.
Director American School of Home Economics; MemberAmerican Public Health Association and American Chemical Society.
CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORS
ELLEN H. RICHARDS
Author "Cost of Food," "Cost of Living," "Cost ofShelter," "Food Materials and Their Adulteration," etc., etc.; Chairman LakePlacid Conference on Home Economics.
MARY HINMAN ABEL