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Lady Bountiful's legacy to her family and friends : a book of practical instructions & duties, counsels & experiences, anecdotes, hints, & recipes, in housekeeping & domestic management, calculated to increase the comforts of house and home / edited by John Timbs.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1868 Lady
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home economics.
- Genre:
- Binders' tickets (Binding) -- 1868.
- Booksellers' labels (Provenance).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 375 p. ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Griffith and Farran, 1868. (Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb, Printers to her Majesty's stationery office)
- Contents:
- Who was Lady Bountiful?
- The good housewife
- Progress of cookery and housewifery
- Early rising
- time to sleep
- House and home
- the fire
- A chapter of fires
- The house and offices
- Pure air and water
- Penny wise and pound foolish
- Choice of food
- Giving dinners
- The store-room
- Curing, pickling, sauces, wine-making, etc
- Home-made wines, liqueurs, and summer drinks
- Bread-making
- The toilet
- Domestic remedies
- A chapter of accidents
- Cookery for the poor
- Domestic service.
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertisement, 1 page at end.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "Bound by W. Bone & Son, 76 Fleet Street, London."
- Athenaeum copy: Bookseller label, embossed on upper flyleaf: "S. Drayton & Sons Booksellers Exeter."
- OCLC:
- 9883311
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