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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Ladies' Work-Table Book, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet Author: Anonymous Release Date: July 12, 2009 [EBook #29382] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LADIES' WORK-TABLE BOOK *** Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Note Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections is found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been maintained. A list of inconsistently spelled and hyphenated words is found at the end of the text. THE LADIES' WORK-TABLE BOOK; CONTAINING CLEAR AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS IN PLAIN AND FANCY NEEDLEWORK, EMBROIDERY, KNITTING, NETTING, AND CROCHET. WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE VARIOUS STITCHES IN THOSE USEFUL AND FASHIONABLE EMPLOYMENTS. NEW-YORK: J. WINCHESTER, 30 ANN-STREET 1844. INTRODUCTION. If it be true that "home scenes are rendered happy or miserable in proportion to the good or evil influence exercised over them by woman--as sister, wife, or mother"--it will be admitted as a fact of the utmost importance, that every thing should be done to improve the taste, cultivate the understanding, and elevate the character of those "high priestesses" of our domestic sanctuaries. The page of history informs us, that the progress of any nation in morals, civilization, and refinement, is in proportion to the elevated or degraded position in which woman is placed in society; and the same instructive volume will enable us to perc
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