THE
PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPER;
A
CYCLOPÆDIA OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY EMBRACING DOMESTIC EDUCATION. THE HOUSE AND
ITS FURNITURE. DUTIES OF THE MISTRESS. DUTIES OF THE SERVANT. THE STORE-ROOM
AND MARKETING. DOMESTIC MANIPULATION. CARE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FOOD. THE
TABLE AND ATTENDANCE. THE ART OF COOKERY. RECEIPTS UNDER FORTY-FIVE HEADS.
FAMILY BILLS OF FARE. PERFUMERY AND THE TOILET. INFUSIONS AND COSMETICS.
POMMADES, VINEGARS, SOAPS, ETC. THE FAMILY MEDICAL GUIDE. MISCELLANEOUS
RECEIPTS, ETC. COMPRISING FIVE THOUSAND PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND MAXIMS.
EDITED BY
MRS. ELLET, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,"
ETC.
NEW YORK: STRINGER AND
TOWNSEND, No. 222 BROADWAY. 1857.
ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the
year 1857, by
STRINGER & TOWNSEND,
In the Clerk's Office of the
District Court of the United States for the Southern District of
New
York.
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J. APPLEBY,
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TO
Mrs. C. Wilkins,
OF PHILADELPHIA,
THIS
VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY
THE EDITOR.
