The Mistress of the Little House

The Mistress of the Little House, edited by Flora Klickmann, is a 1915 housekeeping guide.

The introduction says:
"This book is not intended to be an exhaustive treatise on household management. It is merely a collection of practical talks on domestic topics for those educated women who cannot afford to keep a properly trained servant, and have to do most of the housework themselves."

It's really interesting, and definitely makes you appreciate all the mod cons we have these days that make things so much easier - and mean servants are thankfully a thing of the past.

Here are a couple of advertisements from the back of the book, showing pre-electric kettle and toaster solutions!