The Home Cook Book

Includes essays on the merits of good housekeeping ("Success in housekeeping adds credit to the woman of intellect" - p. 9), table manners ("manners were made for men, not men for manners" - p. 19), dinner etiquette ("Invitations are always sent to persons in the same town by private messenger" - p. 25), social observances ("The lady of the house rises to receive any guest, unless it be a very young one" - p. 32), training of young girls, etc. Besides recipes, there are instructions for preparing cough mixture, family soap, colouring cotton carpet bags, preventing red ants, and a special section for the sick room. Menus at rear suggest broiled spring chickens for breakfast as well as what kind of soup to serve with raw oysters.