1914 Marriage on Small Means : Mrs C S Peel : WWI : Fianancial Advice / Costs

Marriage on Small Means

By Mrs. C. S. Peel. 

Constable and Co. London, 1914. First Edition. Hardback, 8vo, 193 pages plus 7 pages of adverts at the rear.

CONDITION
A good first edfition. The cloth binding is in good condition. Endpapers with age-toning. All contents present and pages good throughout and free from foxing and stains. No names or writing. Overall a good copy.

Mrs. Peel is extremely practical, and sets forth the various pro- blems that will have to be solved by such a couple in a very useful fashion. She deals specially with two classes of home- seekers—the lower middle class, who can marry safely on f300 a year, with some prospects of an additional hundred in the near future, and the upper middle class, for whom £700, increasing to about £1,000, will suffice. For both classes she explains the burdens that will have to be borne and the trials that will have to be faced, with illustrative budgets taken from actual experience. In both cases the essence of her advice is, not to lose the substance through snatching at the shadow—not to waste in pretension the money that would otherwise suffice for comfort. The curse of most middle-class life is the imaginary need to do what others do—even Mrs. Peel is weak enough to admit that you must give champagne to mere acquaintances, though "an inexpensive white wine"

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