Excerpt from The Practical Housewife: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy and Family Medical GuideIn the following pages will be found some excellent Thoughts and Maxims upon Housekeeping; Advice upon the Domestic Treatment of the Sick; the Management of Children, &c.; a series of very instructive papers upon Domestic Manipulation, together with Directions for Cookery and the Choice Of Food, in accordance with the Seasons Of the Year; also ample Dirce tions upon Carving, and the Arrangement of Tables, &c., with a large number Of tried and approved Receipts 1n almost every description of Domestic Preparation.The married lady who carefully studies these pages, cannot fail to become a Practical Housewife, One Of those wise women who buildeth her house, increaseth happiness in all around her, and is followed, when she is called heavenward, by the throbbing heart-love Of all who felt her blessed influence.It is Obvious that the subject Of needlework, intricate as are its Operations, and voluminous as its written descriptions must be, could not be included in the present volume. The subject has been elaborately treated and profusely illustrated in the treasures IN needlework, containing several hundreds of designs by Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Pullan, and other eminent artists.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.