Eminent women of the age : being narratives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present generation.

  • James Parton
Date:
1868
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Eminent women of the age : being narratives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present generation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material is part of the Elmer Belt Florence Nightingale collection. The original may be consulted at University of California Libraries.

    663/674
    THE PHILOSOPHY OFHOUSE-KEEPING. By th9 Prize Essayists of the American Agriculturist, m:ii. & m:i2;s. Joseph b. 3L.^rM:A.]>f. A Matitial of the Domestic Arts ; a Scientific and Practical Ottide in the Selection ami Preparation of every Hind of Food; a Compendium of the best practical Pules for the Preservation of Health; the Care of Infants, the Food, Clothing, and Comfort of Children ; Domestic Remedies, the Puildinr/, Con- venience, and Ornamentation of glomes, and all the Arts, Graces, and Accom~ plishments of the Household. Nine Rkasons why this Book should be in evert Family. 1. It is the only comprehensive work on the subject ever printed. All similar booka, as Jlrs. Hale's, Jliss Beecher's, .Jennie June's, and Prof. Blot's, are mere cook and receipt books. This has one chapter of receipts and one only. 2. It goes deeper than any other book. All tlic others simply tell how to cook. This instructs in the principles of digestion,.and prescribes the proper nutriment for different ages, conditions, seasons, and climates. 3. There is no other book from which a housewife can get such practical information, and so much of it, on plain sewing, and the making up of all articles of dress, from a baby's shirt to a man's overcoat. 4. It touches all points and departments of house-keeping. 5. It gives practical rules for the preservation of health, and recovery from sickness. 6. One chapter is devoted to inftmts, their care, treatment of disorders to which they are liable, their dress, and management. This chapter is particularly commended to young motliers. 7. Special directions are given as to the ornamentation of homes, and how to make at the fireside various elegant and tasteful decorations. 8. Suggestions are given as to the training of servants and children, which will be found of great practical value. 9. This book gives in plain language, easily understood, the results of the most recent researches of cliemists and physiologists, respecting food. This can be found in no other book before the public. It contains nearly 600 pages, and can be obtained through our distributing Agents. It is sold only by Subscription. S. M. BETTS & CO., Publishers, No. 91 Asylum Street, MABTFOBD, CONN.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3