CONTENTS.CHAPTER I. [MY SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE.]II. [SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS.]III. [LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.]IV. [CHEAP FURNITURE.]V. [IS IT ECONOMY?]VI. [LIVING AT A CONVENIENT DISTANCE.]VII. [THE PICKED-UP DINNER.]VIII. [WHO IS KRISS KRINGLE?]IX. [NOT AT HOME.]X. [SHIRT BUTTONS.]XI. [PAVEMENT WASHING IN WINTER.]XII. [REGARD FOR THE POOR.]XIII. [SOMETHING MORE ABOUT COOKS.]XIV. [NOT A RAG ON THEIR BACKS.]XV. [CURIOSITY.]XVI. [HOUSE CLEANING.]XVII. [BROILING A LOBSTER.]XVIII. [THE STRAWBERRY-WOMAN.]XIX. [LOTS OF THINGS.]XX. [A CURE FOR LOW SPIRITS.]XXI. [A BARGAIN.]XXII. [A PEEVISH DAY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.]XXIII. [WORDS.]XXIV. [MAY BE SO.]XXV. ["THE POOR CHILD DIED"]XXVI. [THE RIVAL BONNETS.]XXVII. [MY WASHERMAN.]XXVIII. [MY BORROWING NEIGHBOR.]XXIX. [EXPERIENCE IN TAKING BOARDERS.]XXX. [TWO WAYS WITH DOMESTICS.]XXXI. [A MOTHER'S DUTY.]