Best of everything / by the author of "Enquire within".

  • Robert Kemp Philp
Date:
1871
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Credit: Best of everything / by the author of "Enquire within". Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    17 hand of the Housewife, and guide the ministering care of the Hurse. There are new Amusements, new Laws affecting Domestic Life and responsibility, new Gifts from the hand of Providence for the daily requirements of Mankind, new Methods of prevent- ing Disease, or soothing Pain; and the Author of “ The Best of Everything ” has earnestly endeavoured, in the compilation of the present volume, to work up to the Domestic Improvements of the Age, and to those who have already shown their apprecia- tion of “Enquire Within,” to furnish the “ Best of Everything ^ in relation to Domestic Life, the result of fifteen years’ Invention, Improvement, and Discovery, in all that relates to Home Necessities and Enjoyments. Among the subjects thus introduced will be found Hints upon Choosing and Furnishing Houses, with reference to numerous domestic improvements; Food and Cookery, embracing receipts for • the preparation of many new articles of Diet, new receipts for Secondary Cookery, and of prepared and preserved Meats; Domestic Remedies for those minor ailments that fall under the care of the Mother and the Nurse, including Diet and Drinks for Inva- lids ; Cooling Drinks and Cups for Summer, and Drinks for Winter; Needlework of various kinds; Sewing and Knitting- Machines; useful Methods of making and mending Textile and other Materials; Washing, Wringing, and Mangling Machines,, and valuable hints upon cleaning, removing stains, purifying ; and disinfecting; Simple Dyes for Home use; New Laws of Married Women’s Property, Stamp Laws, Life Insurance, Mar- riage, Bankruptcy, Property, Trades, and Employment; New Methods of Gardening, and the cultivation of favourite Plants- for the conservatory or window; the Management and Economy
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