The Gresham Publishing Company. 



Rook AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE 



** HOUSE AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT. Produced under 



f\-f fl-ip HoiTIP the general editorship of H. C. DAVIDSON, assisted by over 

 ^* one hundred specialists. Copiously illustrated by coloured 



and black-and-white plates and engravings in the text. In 4 volumes, super-royal 8vo, cloth, 

 with artistic design ; also in 8 divisional volumes, cloth. 



THE BOOK OF THE HOMK is intended to form a complete work of reference on all subjects connected 

 with household management. No efforts have been spared to ensure that every matter bearing upon the 

 Home and Home Life shall receive full and sufficient treatment, and that the information given shall be 

 reliable and in the best sense of the phrase up-to-date. 



A few among over one hundred specialists who have contributed to the work: 



Mrs. ADA S. BAI.LIN, Editor oi Baby the Mothers 



Magazine, and of Woman/tool/. 

 Miss BERTHA BANNER, Training Teacher of Sewing 



and Dressmaking at the Liverpool Technical 



of Decoration, The Art of Beauty, &c. 

 Miss HELENA HEAD, Principal of the Liverpool 



Girls' School for Secondary Education in 



Domestic Science, and Author of the Manual of 



Housewifery. 



Mrs. A. HODGSON, Home Decorator to The Lady. 

 Mr. R. KEITH JOHNSTON, Author of Household 



Difficulties and How to overcome Them. 



Miss GERTRUDE J. KING, Secretary to the Society 

 for Promoting the Employment of Women. 



Miss E. E. MANN, Head Teacher at the Liverpool 

 Training School of Cookery. 



Colonel M. MOORE-LANE, Contributor to the Field 

 Mr. A BLACK C.E Arch.tect, Author of Pira and ^ icultural 



Principles of Building. 



Mrs. DAVIDSON. Author of Dainties. What our Mrs ' ^ S ' PEEL ' Dress and Household Editor ol 

 Daughter, can do for themselves, &c. Hearth and Home ' and Author of The Aew 



Miss J. FORSTER, Principal of the Cheshire County 



Council Dairy Institute Miss - B ' SlBTH ORPE POOLEY, lecturer to the Liver- 



Mrs. H. R. HAWEIS (the late), Author of The Art P' Ladies ' Sanitar y Association. 



Miss RANKIN, Head Teacher of Laundry Work at 



the Liverpool Technical College for Women. 

 Miss FLORKNCESTACPOOLE, Lecturer to the National 

 Health Society and the Councils of Technical 

 Education, and Author of Handbook of House- 

 keeping for Small Incomes, &c 



Mr. DAVID TOLI.EMACHE, late editor of The Chef 

 and Connoisseur. 



The contents of THE BOOK OF THE HOM ~ may be grouped under four heads. The first deals with 

 all matters concerning the House from the choice of its site to the least of its internal decorations. The 

 householder is instructed in the laws regarding landlord and tenant, and counselled in the important 

 matters of sanitation and ventilation, heating and lighting, and the stocking and management of 

 the garden. The housekeeper is advised as to furnishing, everything necessary for the comfort 

 and adornment of a well-equipped house being described in detail, hints being also given regarding 

 removals, painting and papering, artistic decoration, arrangement of linen and store cupboards, &c. 



In the second the daily routine of the Household is considered the duties ol the servants, their 

 wages, their leisure and pleasures, the management of the kitchen, laundry, and store-room. Plain and 

 fancy cooking receive due attention, recipes being given of a large variety of dishes, and suggestions 

 made for breakfast, lunch, afternoon-tea, dinner, and supper. A number of menus are added suitable 

 for the different seasons. Invalid cookery also has its special section. 



In the third are discussed the legal and customary duties, and the occupations and pastimes, 

 of Master and Mistress, the former being instructed as regards insurance and the making of a will 

 and the smaller matters of carving, the care of the wine-cellar, and the inspection of garden and stables, 

 while the latter is advised as to account-keeping, payments, shopping, and innumerable other matters 

 connected with her duties as Mistress. Other subjects treated under this head are dress, home 

 occupations, visiting and entertaining, and indoor and outdoor amusements. 



In the fourth sound, systematic, and practical advice is given as to the management, in health 

 and sickness, and the education, of children, and also on such important subjects as occupations 

 for boys and girls, the ceremonies necessary on the coming out of a daughter, and the preparations 

 and formalities necessary before and after a marriage. 



THE BOOK OF THE HOME will thus be at once an indispensable ally to the young bride and the 

 novice in housekeeping, and a valuable work of reference to the more experienced. 



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