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PRACTICAL ECONOMY;

OR, THE

APPLICATION

OF

MODERN DISCOVERIES

TO THE

PURPOSES

OF

DOMESTIC LIFE.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN & CO.

CONDUIT STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.

SHACKELL AND ARROWSMITH, JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEEF STEREF.

31-2/7

38

PREFACE.

THERE is, perhaps, no subject so much talked of, or so little understood, as that of DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

When FRANKLIN wrote "To Save is to Gain," he left a text for future writers capable of much expansion. To SAVE, is one thing, TO ECONOMIZE is another. Absolutely to avoid expense, is to preclude enjoyment; but to economize expenditure, is to unite enjoyment with prudence.

The ultimate point of saving money, is often best attained by a route not, apparently, the most direct; nay, sometimes by an expenditure which, at first sight, may seem superfluous. A man, to save time, may begin building a house, without plan or preparation; but how much time will be afterwards wasted, and temper expended, in the endeavour to render it comfortable and convenient?

TRUE ECONOMY consists not in saving, merely; but in adapting every thing to its specific use; by which much is enjoyed at a small expense.