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Self-Help for Women: A Guide to Business. With Practical Directions for Establishing and Conducting Remunerative Trades and Business Occupations suitable for Women and Girls. By A Woman of Business.

1. CELEBRATED WOMEN OF BUSINESS.13. LADIES’ UNDERCLOTHING AND BABY LINEN WAREHOUSE.
2. SELECTING A BUSINESS.14. THE MUSIC TRADE.
3. CONDUCTING A BUSINESS.15. SERVANTS’ REGISTRY BUSINESS.
4. THE BERLIN-WOOL BUSINESS.16. SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM GOODS TRADE.
5. THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.17. STATIONERY AND BOOKSELLING.
6. CONFECTIONERY BUSINESS. (With Confectioners’ Receipts.)18. THE TOY TRADE.
7. CORSET-MAKING BUSINESS.19. MISCELLANEOUS TRADES.
8. THE DRESS-MAKING BUSINESS.20. HOTEL MANAGING.
9. THE FANCY TRADE.21. THE LADY HOUSEKEEPER AND THE LADY HELP.
10. FISH AND GAME TRADE.22. HOME OCCUPATIONS.
11. GLASS AND CHINA BUSINESS.23. THE PLEASURES OF WORK.
12. THE JEWELLERY TRADE.
“The writer is evidently well informed, and her shrewd, practical hints cannot fail to be of value to an increasing class of the community, the women who are left to fight their own way in the world.”—Echo.“This is not a trumpery talk about business suitable for women, but a serious production, in which specific trades and occupations are dealt with in an intelligent and candid manner.”—Manchester Weekly Post.
“This volume will be useful and cheering to many a woman thrown upon her own resources, by showing her what other women have done, and enabling her to discover in what direction she can best make use of her abilities.”—Bristol Mercury.“To those who find it needful to leave home and to enter upon the struggles of the world, the little book which ‘A Woman of Business’ has prepared will be found at once a guide and an encouragement.”—Manchester Courier.
“Before going into any trade or profession women should consult this little work.”—Sheffield Independent.“It fully fulfils its object in clearly showing the variety of businesses and lucrative employment which women may follow, as well as giving useful information as to how to start.”—Weldon’s Ladies’ Journal.
“Claims our most marked attention.”—Punch.“A volume which every woman who is at a loss to know how she may earn honourable livelihood should purchase.”—Dundee Courier.
“A shilling laid out in the purchase of this little book will prove a far better investment than the waste of postage stamps in replying to letters.”—Stationer.

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.