Part 65

HER hand has lost its cunning—the firm, true hand that wrote these _formulæ_, and penned the information contained in this little book. Cold in the silent tomb lie the once nimble, useful fingers,—now nerveless, unable for anything, and ne’er to do work more in this world! Exquisite palate, unerring judgment, sound common sense, refined tastes,—all these had the dear Lady who has gone ere her youth had scarcely come. But four times seven years were all she passed in this world; and since the day she became wedded wife—now nearly nine years past—her greatest, chiefest aims were to provide for the comfort and pleasure of those she loved and had around her, and to employ her best faculties for the use of her sisters, Englishwomen generally. Her surpassing affection and devotion led her to find her happiness in aiding, with all her heart and soul, the Husband whom she richly blessed and honoured with her abounding love.

Her Works speak for themselves; and, although taken from this world in the very height of health and strength, and in the early days of womanhood, she felt that satisfaction—so great to all who strive with good intent and warm will—of knowing herself regarded with respect and gratitude,

Her labours are ended here; in a purer atmosphere she dwells; and may be, in the land beyond the skies, she has nobler work to accomplish. Her plans for the future cannot be wholly carried out: her Husband knew them all, and will diligently devote himself to their execution, as far as may be. The remembrance of her wishes,—always for the private and public welfare,—and the companionship of her two little boys,—too young to know the virtues of their good Mother,—this memory, this presence, will nerve the Father, left alone, to continue to do his duty: in which he will follow the example of his Wife, for her duty no woman has ever better accomplished than the late

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired. In the original when soufflé is in all capitals or small captials, the accent is missing although it often appears in the recipe itself with the accent. Assuming the editor simply didn’t own the capital with an acute accent, it has been added to all instances to make searching more consistent. This was true of all accented characters such as for Béchamel.

Wherever possible varied hyphenation was eliminated for consistency in searching. Type-setting was made consistent across recipes. For example all uses of monetary initials were italicized to follow the form used in the majority.

In the notes below, an asterisk indicates a space or smudge in the original text.

Page 6, “made” changed to “may” (may be made merely)

Page 20, “croûtone” changed to “croûtons” (croûtons; vegetables. 3)

Page 23, “2*” changed to “24” (24 hours, not forgetting)

Page 23, “Berberris” changed to “Berberis” (Berberis vulgaris)

Page 70, “Entremet” changed to “Entremets” (Sweet Entremets)

Page 71, “Melilotos” changed to “Melilotus” (Melilotus officinalis)

Page 71, a repeated heading of “CHEESE.” was removed from the top of the paragraph beginning “In families where much cheese” due to the presence of the same heading on page 70.

Page 73, “dots” changed to “pots” (pots, pour over them)

Page 105, “Coucombres” changed to “Concombres” (Poulets aux Concombres)

Page 105, “Tomatos” changed to “Tomatoes” (Tomatoes, Green Peas)

Page 118, “Jardinère” changed to “Jardinière” (beef à la Jardinière)

Page 119, “surloin” changed to “sirloin” (2. Roast sirloin of)

Page 150, “engthwise” changed to “lengthwise” (lengthwise, and make a)

Page 167, “perferred” changed to “preferred” (that may be preferred)

Page 179, “itme” changed to “time” (_Seasonable_ at any time)

Page 189, “th*” changed to “the” (custard over the hot)

Page 189, “have” changed to “has” (If it has a transparent)

Page 203, “clarirified” changed to “clairified” (juice of 1 lemon, clarified)

Page 207, “*e” changed to “be” (should be carried sharply)

Page 207, “3 to 4” changed to “5 to 6” (direction of 3 to 4 and 5 to 6)

Page 218, “Campôte” changed to “Compôte” (Compôte of Plums)

Page 218, “Créci” changed to “Crécy” (soup à la Crécy)

Page 220, “flour” changed to “flower” (of vanilla, orange-flower)

Page 246, “littel” changed to “little” (cayenne to taste, a little)

Page 247, “t**” changed to “the” (Put into a basin the)