Edited by BENJAMIN R. ANDREWS, PH.D.

Teachers College, Columbia University

CLOTHING FOR WOMEN

By LAURA I. BALDT, A. M., Teachers College, Columbia University. 454 Pages, 7 Colored Plates, 202 Illustrations in Text.

SUCCESSFUL CANNING AND PRESERVING

By OLA POWELL, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 425 Pages, 5 Colored Plates, 174 Illustrations in Text. Third Edition.

HOME AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE

By JEAN BROADHURST, Ph.D. 428 Pages, I Colored Plate, 118 Illustrations in Text.

THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSEHOLD

By C. W. TABER, Author of Taber'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 AND WHOLESOME.

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