can want of, 139, 141.
Should be required at home, 142.
_See_ Courtesy.

Respiration, organs of, 87.

Rewards, governing by, 230.

Roman Catholics, health of, during Lent, 100.

Romans, _see_ Greeks.

Rooms, arrangement of, 259.

Running into debt, 232.

S.

St. Martin, Alexis, experiments on, respecting food, 104.

Salary, plan as to using, 186.

Salt, for bleeding, 243.

Salts, 236.

School, hints on, 48, 223.
Too much required in, 49.
On keeping, only in the afternoon, 49.
On sending young children to, 223.

Schoolrooms and schoolhouses, 133.
Not ventilated, 196, 223.
Built by a lady in the West, 202.
_See_ Female.

Scolds, 149, 154.

Scotch Highlanders, 221.

Screens, in parlors, 353.
_See_ Eyes.

Secret vice, 233.

Sedgwick, Miss, her Live and Let Live, 213, _note_.

Seeds, on planting, 332, 333.
Of fruit, on planting, 347.

Self-denial, happiness of, 169.
Distinction as to, 170.
Of wealthy women, 201, 202.
In children, 224, 232.

Servants, on calling domestics, 207.
_See_ Domestics.

Services, paying children for, 164.

Settees for ironing, 293.

Setting tables, 307.
Rules for, 308.

Sewing, by girls, 254.
Hints on. 324.

Sewing-trunks, 162.

Sexes, M. De Tocqueville on the, 28.
Distinct lines of action for the, 28, 32, 33.
American equality of, 33.

Shade-trees, 275, 340.

Shells, collecting, 253.

Shirts, folding, 315.
Making, 328.

Shrubs, for yards, 340.

Sickness, on ignorance and inexperience in time of, 68.
On nursing in, 237.
From chills and food, 239.
Remedies for slight, 240.
_See_ Health.

Sick-rooms, hints on, 237.
Furniture for, 238.

Silence, children to keep, 145, 230.
When in anger, 152.

Silks, on cleansing, 298.

Sinclair, Sir John, on longevity and early rising, 126.

Sinks, 277, 317.

Six Weeks on the Loire, cited, 135.

Skeleton, cut of the, 70.

Skin, described, 91.
Function of the, 91.
Waste matter from the, 92, 118.
Regulates the heat of the body, 92.
Absorbent vessels of the, 93, 119.
Follicles of the, 93.
The organ of touch, 93.
Circulation in the, in infants, 113.
Effect of cold on the circulation in the, 113, 118, 119.
Bathing infants', 217.

Sleep, amount of, required, 125.
On protracting, 126.
In close apartments, 196, 217, 311.
_See_ Ventilation.

Sliding closets, 278.

Smoky chimneys, 352.

Snow, bathing in, 121.

Soap,