Household Management

I have just started reading The Book of Household Management by Mrs Isabella Mary Beeton, originally published in 1861. It is full of little gems of advice on how to manage a home and children and servants. I think that Mrs Beeton was secretly a bit of a rebel because she is full of ideas on how to cut down the amount of time spent doing housework in favour of more interesting pastimes. Hopefully I'll pick up some tips :-)