Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe. ──── UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. _Popular Illustrated Edition._ 12mo, $2.00. THE SAME. _Illustrated Edition._ A new edition, from new plates, printed with red-line border. With an Introduction of more than 30 pages, and a Bibliography of the various editions and languages in which the work has appeared, by Mr. GEORGE BULLEN, of the British Museum. Over 100 illustrations. 8vo, $3.50. THE SAME. _Popular Edition._ With Introduction, and Portrait of “Uncle Tom.” 12mo, $1.00. DRED (sometimes called “Nina Gordon.”) 12mo, $1.50. THE MINISTER’S WOOING. 12mo, $1.50. AGNES OF SORRENTO. 12mo, $1.50. THE PEARL OF ORR’S ISLAND. 12mo, $1.50. THE MAY-FLOWER, etc. 12mo, $1.50. OLDTOWN FOLKS. 12mo, $1.50. SAM LAWSON’S FIRESIDE STORIES. New and enlarged Edition. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50. THE SAME. 16mo, paper covers, 50 cents. MY WIFE AND I. New Edition. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50. WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS. New Edition. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50. POGANUC PEOPLE. New Edition. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50. The above eleven 12mo volumes, uniform, in box, $16.50. HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS. 16mo, $1.50. LITTLE FOXES. 16mo, $1.50. THE CHIMNEY-CORNER. 16mo, $1.50. A DOG’S MISSION, etc. New Edition. Illustrated. Small 4to, $1.25. QUEER LITTLE PEOPLE. New Edition. Illustrated. Small 4to, $1.25. LITTLE PUSSY WILLOW. New Edition. Illustrated. Small 4to, $1.25. RELIGIOUS POEMS. Illustrated. 16mo, gilt edges, $1.50. PALMETTO LEAVES. Sketches of Florida. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.50. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., _Publishers_, BOSTON. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS. BY CHRISTOPHER CROWFIELD. SEVENTH EDITION. Publisher’s Logo BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1887. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. PAGE I. THE RAVAGES OF A CARPET 1 II. HOME-KEEPING _vs._ 23 HOUSE-KEEPING III. WHAT IS A HOME? 48 IV. THE ECONOMY OF THE BEAUTIFUL 79 V. RAKING UP THE FIRE 101