ewing, 324, 328.
Cuvier, cited, 220.
D.
Daffodils, 336.
Dahlias, 336.
Dancing, 245, 246.
Daughters, on schooling, 48.
On keeping, as domestic assistants, 60.
Educated to domestic work, 67.
_See_ Female, _and_ Girls.
Day, on converting into night, 123.
Influence of, on vegetables and blood, 124.
Debt, on running into, 232.
Democracy, principles of, identical with Christian, 25, 34.
Tendencies of, as to the female sex, 27.
On progress towards, 34.
On what the success of, depends, 36.
Of early rising, 123.
Courtesy of manners and, 138, 140, 146.
Derangement, from over-excitement, 197.
Diet, _see_ Food.
Difficulties, peculiar to American women, 38.
On estimating them justly, 39, 151.
Remedies for, 48, 151.
Digestion, organs of respiration and, 87.
Details respecting, 94.
Articles easiest for, 101, 104.
Experiments respecting, 104.
_Bulk_ of food necessary to, 105.
Impeded by bathing, 121.
Dining-rooms, care of, 306.
Dinner, setting table for, 309.
Dirt not healthy, 118.
Dish-cloths, 317.
Dishes, on washing, 318.
Dolls, benefits from, 254.
Domestic amusements, 244.
Domestic exercise, 128.
Domestic Economy, on raising, as a science, 50, 67.
Reasons for introducing, into school, 63.
On teaching, from books, 65.
Indispensable part of education, 134.
Domestic education, importance of, in childhood, 48.
On early training in, 49, 60, 67.
On giving mornings to, 49.
In the Monticello Female Seminary, 54.
Should alternate with studies, 60.
Sufferings for want of, 63.
Many mothers unqualified to teach, 65.
Dignity of, 67, 135.
Domestics, peculiar difficulties as to, in America, 40, 204.
Duties to be done by daughters, and not by, 50.
Blessing of a dearth of, 50.
Without, 64.
On making allowances for, 154, 210, 212.
Care of, 204.
Of aristocratic lands, 205.
Placing ourselves in their situation, 205, 206.
Exorbitant wages of, 205.
Instability and discontent of, and the remedy, 206.
Pride and insubordination of, and the remedy, 207, 208.
On calling them _servants_, 207.
Admitted to the table, 209.
Bold and forward, 209.
Dress and rooms of, 209, 210.
Deficiencies of, and the remedies, 210.
Getting away, 211.
Finding fault with, 211.
Patience with, 212.
Regard to, in construction of houses, 261.
Beds for, 315.
Doors, outside, 260, 263.
Dress, too much attention
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