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The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 7 (Maids, Dairy & Stable)

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Stalls and Coach Houses

Stalls should be divided by partitions of woodwork, eight or nine feet high at the head and six at the heels. A harness room is indispensable to every stable. Over the stables, there should be accommodation for the coachman or groom to sleep. Accidents sometimes occur, and he should be at hand to interfere. And with that sound advice, i think we'll end this evening's reading from the book of household management by missus isabella beaton. This is our seventh entry from this book, and we still have thousands of pages of advice to go. Truly an embarrassment of relaxing riches. Until our next boring book.

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