MRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK
Reading edition
The Chautauqua Press CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK MCMXII
First Published May 1908 Second Edition June 1908 Third Edition 1912
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. Introductory 1
II. Children 7
III. Schools 15
IV. The Education of the Poor 28
V. The Backfisch 36
VI. The Student 47
VII. Riehl on Women 59
VIII. The Old and the New 68
IX. Girlhood 78
X. Marriages 92
XI. The Householder 103
XII. Housewives 113
XIII. Housewives (continued) 123
XIV. Servants 138
XV. Food 153
XVI. Shops and Markets 167
XVII. Expenses of Life 177
XVIII. Hospitality 196
XIX. German Sundays 205
XX. Sports and Games 217
XXI. Inns and Restaurants 225
XXII. Life in Lodgings 237
XXIII. Summer Resorts 250
XXIV. Peasant Life 267
XXV. How the Poor Live 286
XXVI. Berlin 297
XXVII. Odds and Ends 307
Appendix
Index
Translations of foreign words and phrases in this book will be found in the Appendix at the back of the volume.