* # * As there will appear in this book some recipes which might 

 fail, if the articles required for them should not be of the best qua- 

 lity, it has been thought necessary to give the names of a few trades- 

 men, whom the author has reason to hope may be depended on. 



In a work of this kind, it requires more ingenuity than the writer 

 can boast of, to avoid entirely those inimical appendages to reading 

 notes and parentheses. The frequent use of Italics, also, he is 

 aware has an ugly appearance. But, nevertheless, they have before 

 answered his object, which is to impress as strongly as possible on 

 the memory of his young readers, those directions which require to 

 be read with particular attention. 



