Domestic Duties Second Edition

Author was a pastor of the Universalist Church and these lectures were given in 1836 before the First Universalist Society in Portland, Maine.

This 1829 text by Mrs. William Parkes is the third American edition of the third London edition of this conduct of life text. Designed to aid the young housewife in the management of her domestic duties, the text covers such areas as Social relations, Household concerns, Regulation of time, and Moral and religious duties.

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Excerpt from Lectures on Domestic Duties Husband. I think the wife should be submissive in every thing. She should have no voice in any thing that is done out doors, and should strive at all times to make her husband happy. For what in the world is the use of having a wife, if one cannot do as he pleases with her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.