Category: Cooking & Drinking
House Cleaning--Repairing Furniture--Cleaning Stoves and Grates--Mending Glass, China, &c.--Coloring and Polishing Furniture, &c.--Removing unpleasant Odors--Fires--Water and Cisterns--Carriages and Harness--Washing--To remove Stains--To clean Silks, Lace, &c.--Paste, Glue, an...
3536. Nearly every family in our Republic has, or might have, the means of living very comfortably; if nothing was wasted, and all food was properly cooked, good tables would ab...
13. PART I.Begin at the top of the house; first take up the carpets, and, if they require it, let them be scoured; or as carpets are sometimes injured by scouring, they may be well beaten,...
19. PART VII.1159. _To preserve Ginger._--Take green ginger, pare it with a sharp knife, and then throw it into cold water as pared, to keep it white; then boil it till tender, in three wate...
14. PART II._Rules for the preservation of Health, and simple Recipes found often efficacious in common diseases and slight injuries_--_Directions for preparing Remedies and ministering to...
18. PART VI.1004. _Advantage of Knowing something about Agriculture._--In a work designed, chiefly, for women, it may seem odd to find farming treated of, as though they needed such informa...
17. PART V.814. The taste and management of the mistress are always displayed in the general conduct of the table; for, though that department of the household be not always under her dire...
21. PART IX.1840. A leather strap, with a buckle to fasten, is much more commodious than a cord for a box in general use for short distances; cording and uncording is a disagreeable job.
23. PART XI.2913. Pure atmospheric air is composed of nitrogen, oxygen, and a _very_ small proportion of carbonic acid gas. Air once breathed has lost the chief part of its oxygen, and acqu...
22. PART X.2390. _Colors and Complexions._--The great art, as regards colors of dress, is to enhance the tints of the complexion, care being taken to let the flesh appear of a healthy natu...
20. PART VIII.1391. _Accomplishments._--These are very desirable for the household, because the inmates are made happier by refined and ingenious arts and pursuits, and are fitted to improve...
15. PART III.The first and best use of the needle is common or plain sewing. Every woman and girl should understand this art, the beginning of all arts, and the most indispensable to civiliz...
16. PART IV.739.--The names of the different kinds of tea, relate to the time of their being gathered, or to some peculiarity in their manufacture. It is a general rule, that all tea is fin...
25. Volume 1 contains Pickwick Papers and Curiosity Shop." 2 do. Oliver Twist, Sketches by "Boz," and Barnaby Rudge. " 3 do. Nicholas Nickleby and Martin Chuzzlewit. " 4 do. David Copperfield, Dombey and Son, Christmas Stories, and Pi...
12. PART XII.A good Table--Bread, &c.--Meats--Vegetables--Household management--Beverages--Useful Receipts for Family Practice --Miscellaneous Receipts, Rules, &c.--Dietetic maxims--Hints to...
1. PART I.House Cleaning--Repairing Furniture--Cleaning Stoves and Grates--Mending Glass, China, &c.--Coloring and Polishing Furniture, &c.--Removing unpleasant Odors--Fires--Water and Ci...
8. PART VIII.Water-Colors used in Drawing--Directions for mixing Colors--Wash Colors for Maps--To paint Flowers, Birds, Landscapes, &c., in Water-Colors--Potichomanie--Grecian Painting--Diap...
2. PART II.Rules for the preservation of Health--Simple Recipes efficacious in common diseases and slight injuries--Burns and Scalds--Fevers --Plasters, Blisters, Ointments, &c.--Poisons a...
9. PART IX.Household maxims--Household receipts for many things--Care of Furs--Wise economy--Things to know--Cleanliness--Prevention of accidents--Domestic hints--More hints on Agriculture...
5. PART V.Of the Table--On the management of Infants, young Children, and the Sick--Qualifications of a good Nurse--Food for the Sick and for Children--Drinks for the Sick--Simple mixture...
11. PART XI.4. PART IV.10. PART X.7. PART VII.3. PART III.6. PART VI.