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    THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE




  _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_


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[Illustration:

      _PLATE I_

A FINE OLD RAEBURN MANTEL-PIECE AND FIRE-PLACE FITTED WITH A MODERN
"DOG" GRATE AND GAS FIRE AND ALSO WITH GAS "CANDLE" STANDARDS]




    THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE

    BY MRS. C. S. PEEL

    [Illustration]

    LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD

    NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXVIII

  The greatest Labour-Saving apparatus which we possess is the Brain: it
  has not been worn out by too much use.


  _SECOND EDITION_

  PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE ANCHOR PRESS LTD. TIPTREE ESSEX




AUTHOR'S NOTE


Some portion of this book appeared in the form of articles in _The
Queen_ and _The Evening Standard_. My thanks are due to the Editors of
those papers for permission to republish them.

      DOROTHY C. PEEL.




  CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                               PAGE

  i.    Why do we need Labour-Saving Houses?               3

  ii.   Labour-Saving Houses and