The author wishes to express her gratitude towards Miss Lucy Pearse of Macmillan and Miss Julia Churchill of A. M. Heath, for their immeasurable efforts on her behalf.
She also owes a debt of thanks to the worthy authors cited below:
The Complete Servant: Being a Practical Guide to the Peculiar Duties and Business of All Descriptions of Servants, by Samuel and Sarah Adams (Knight and Lacey, 1825)
Practical Hints to Young Females: on the Duties of a Wife, a Mother, and a Mistress of a Family, by Mrs Taylor, of Ongar (Taylor & Hessey, and Josiah Conder, 1815)