Colored Plate, 118
Illustrations in Text.

THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSEHOLD

By C.W. TABER, Author of _Taker's Dietetic Charts_, _Nurses'
Medical Dictionary_, etc. 438 Pages. Illustrated. Second Edition,
Revised.

HOUSEWIFERY

By L. RAY BALDERSTON, A.M., Teachers College, Columbia
University. 351 Pages. Colored Frontispiece and 175 Illustrations
in Text.

LAUNDERING

By LYDIA RAY BALDERSTON, A.M., Instructor in Housewifery and
Laundering, Teachers College, Columbia University. 152
Illustrations.

HOUSE AND HOME

By GRETA GREY, B.S., Director of Home Economics Department,
University of Wyoming. Illustrated.

MILLINERY (_In Preparation_)

By EVELYN SMITH TOBEY, B.S., Teachers College, Columbia
University

LIPPINCOTT'S FAMILY LIFE SERIES

Edited by BENJAMIN R. ANDREWS, PH.D.
Teachers College, Columbia University

CLOTHING--CHOICE, CARE, COST

By MARY SCHENCK WOOLMAN, B.S. 290 Pages. Illustrated. Second
Edition.

SUCCESSFUL FAMILY LIFE, ON THE MODERATE INCOME

By MARY HINMAN ABEL. 263 Pages.

THE FAMILY AND ITS MEMBERS

By ANNA GARLIN SPENCER, Special Lecturer in Social Science,
Teachers College, Columbia University.

LIPPINCOTT'S FAMILY LIFE SERIES
EDITED BY BENJAMIN R. ANDREWS, PH.D., TEACHERS
COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

THE FAMILY
AND ITS
MEMBERS

BY

ANNA GARLIN SPENCER

SPECIAL LECTURER IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, TEACHERS COLLEGE OF
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, FORMERLY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE
NEW YORK SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK, SPECIAL LECTURER AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AND HACKLEY PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY
AND ETHICS AT MEADVILLE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL; AUTHOR OF
WOMAN'S SHARE IN SOCIAL CULTURE

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TO THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS, IN
NUMBER BEYOND COUNT, WHOSE
COURAGE, LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS
CARRY ONWARD THE GENERATIONS
AND KEEP THE MAIN CURRENTS
OF LIFE STRONG