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HOW THEY LEARNED HOUSEWORK. By Chrlstina Ooodwin. Boston : I). Lothrop 4 Co., Price, 75 cenU. This bright little book is intended for girls from fourteen to sixteen. Under the guise of an iiiteiestinj; story it gives a deal of information relative to houseceeping, or just tbat part of housekeepiiji whicli which young people are capa)le of taking a hand in - sweeping, dustng bed-inakiug, sewing, plain cooking, with experiments in preserve and jelly making. Tour young girls for in themlvea in ti) a club, and under the direction of the projector of the scheine - the aother of one of the meinbers - enter ipon the work witli as niuch interest and entliusiasui as if it were tennis or croquet lab. The story of their meetings and belt fallare! and suceesses will be read vith thorough enjnyment by girls who lave an anibition to learn to do soinebiog useful and have never known exactly how to set about it.