CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
i.Why do we need Labour-Saving Houses?[3]
ii.Labour-Saving Houses and the Servant Problem[7]
iii.The Labour-Saving House as it might be[29]
iv.The Labour-Saving House as it can be[53]
v.The Work of a Labour-Making House, and the Work of a Labour-Saving House[73]
vi.Other People's Experiences of Labour-Saving Homes[87]
vii.Other People's Experiences of Labour-Saving Homes (continued)[119]
viii.Coal, Coke, and Gas: how to use them to the best advantage[141]
ix.The Electric House. Cooking, Heating, Cleaning and Lighting by Electricity[171]
A Final Word[187]
Index[189]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

NO.
1.Gas Heater[Frontispiece]
2.Gas HeaterPAGE[8]
3.Gas Heater"[9]
4.Gas Heater"[15]
5.Gas Heater"[18]
6.Gas Cooker"[31]
7.Gas Heating"[31]
8.Gas Heating"[33]
9.Gas Heating"[35]
10.Gas Lighting"[44]
11.Gas Lighting"[45]
12.Gas Lighting"[47]
13.Gas Cooker"[51]
14.Gas Cooking"[62]
15.Gas Heating (Water)"[64]
16.Gas Cooker"[67]
17.Gas Heating (Water)"[71]
18.Gas Heating (Water)"[75]
19.Gas Kitchen"[79]
20.Gas Cooking"[81]
21.Gas Kitchen"[85]
22.Gas Kitchener"[93]
23.Gas Kitchen"[95]
24.Gas Destructor"[97]
25.Gas Kitchen"[101]
26.Gas-Reading (Meter)"[105]
27.Gas Oven"[108]
28.Gas Oven"[111]
29.Gas Steamer"[117]
30.Gas Utensils"[124]
31.Gas Oven"[126]
32.Electric Kitchen"[131]
33.Electric Iron and Electric Heater"[134]
34.Electric Kitchen"[142]
35.Dining-room Hot-Plate and Dreadnought Machine"[143]
36.Electric Cooker"[145]
37.Electric Fire"[148]
38.Electric Cooker"[157]
39.Electric Cooker"[160]
40.Electric Transformer Co."[163]
41.Electric Transformer Co., Delightful Inventions"[164]
42.Electric Transformer Co., Breakfast Cooker"[176]
42.Electric Transformer Co., Toaster and Hot-Plate"[176]
43.Electric Cooker"[177]
44.Gas Oven"[180]
45.Electric Fireplace"[181]
46.Electric Radiator"[188]

In almost every English house at least a third of each day is wasted in doing work which in no way adds to the comfort of its inmates.