Table of Contents
Publisher's Preface vii
1 Miscellaneous Moral Hints on the Formation of Characters, Habits, Etc. 1
2 Parents 17
3 Simple and Safe Remedies for Common Diseases and Accidents 33
3.2 A Few Choice Medical Receipts 51
3.3 Hints on the Preservation of Health 67
3.4 When Tending to Animals 73
4 Useful Cooking Hints for Housekeepers 75
4.2 Regulation in Time of Cooking 86
4.3 When Handling Fish, Soups, Meats, Etc. 88
4.4 Curry Spice 108
4.5 Eggs 109
4.6 When Making Cheese 112
5 Useful Notions on Vegetables 115
5.2 Management of Vegetables 126
5.3 Assumptions with Catchups 134
5.4 The Many Makings of Vinegar 136
6 In Regards to Beverages 139
6.2 How to Make Beer 139
6.3 How to Make Coffee 140
6.4 Other Suitable Potations 142
7 When Baking Bread, Breakfast, Tea Cakes, Etc. 147
7.2 Various Kinds of Pleasant Cakes 156
7.3 An Extensive Look at Cakes 167
7.4 Pies, Puddings, Etc. 170
7.5 Ice Creams, Custards, Etc. 184
7.6 Rules for Preserving 193
7.7 A Few General Directions for Carving, Etc. 208
8 With Attention to the Exterior 217
8.2 Garden Shrubs, Flowers, Etc. 217
8.3 Fruit Trees 225
8.3 Vegetable Plants 229
8.4 Canary Birds 231
8.5 Other Birds 237
8.6 Rules with Inevitable Intrusions 242
9 Choice Receipts for Fabrics and Soaps 247
9.2 Dyeing 247
9.3 Making Soap, Etc. 252
9.4 Miscellaneous Practicalities 256
