Jane Ellen Panton (1847 1923) was the second daughter of the artist
William Powell Frith, and a journalist and author on domestic
issues. First published in 1890, this was one of a series of advice
guides written by Panton on life and work in the middle-class home.
With each chapter focusing on a different area of the house, the
book offers advice to young married couples on how to make their
homes 'tasteful without undue expense' by devoting time and effort
to renovation and furnishing, and by choosing decorative styles
that would not date. The author encourages her readers to become
'house proud', and to this end suggests that men should learn basic
carpentry and refurbishment skills, while women should become
proficient in needlework, as opposed to 'dawdling' over 'mere
society flutter'. Providing a revealing snapshot of life in late
nineteenth-century England, this book will appeal to historians and
sociologists.
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