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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
YELLOW, Naples, to Make. — Take one pound of antimony, one pound and a half of lead, half an ounce of alum, and the same quantity of common salt. The antimony and lead should be calcined together, after- wards the other ingredients added, and then the whole mixture undergoes a second calcination. YELLOW WAX.— Yellow re- sin, 1 lb. ; Burgundy pitch, 1 54 oz. ; bees wax, i]4 oz. ; mutton tallow, 1 14 oz. Melt all together ; then add cam- phor, 2 H drachms ; olive oil, a table- spoonful ; sassafras oil, 2 drachms ; best rum, 2 tablespoonfuls. Mix well, and pour into a vessel of water, and knead it till it is cold. It acts as a good sticking plaster. It is useful in cuts, ulcers, sores, &c. It is very good for rheumatism ; and would be a sovereign remedy by the addition of i oz. of cay- enne, and £ oz. of opium. YORKSHIRE PUDDING.— Mix five spoonfuls of flour with a quart of milk, and three eggsYorkshire Pudding well beaten. Butter the pan. When brown by baking under the meat, turn the other side upwards, and brown that. It should be made in a square pan, and cut into pieces to come to table. Set it over a chafing-dish, u.d stir it welL “BEGIN WELL AND END BETTER.’* 63rd Edition, Splendidly Illustrated with 130 Engravings of Various Plants. THE MOST SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL WORK ON BRITISH AND FOREIGN HERBS Robinson’s New Family Herbal ' COMPRISING A Description and the Medical Virtues of British and Foreign Plants, founded on the Works of Eminent and Modern English and American Writers on the Medical Properties of Herbs. Directions for Gathering Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, Roots, Barks, etc. The making of Juices, Syrups, Preserves, Oils, Electuaries, Conserves, Ointments, Poultices, Pills, Decoctions, etc., to which is added the Family Physician, with complete directions for the use of the various Herbs. General Directions for Curing or Preventing Disease. Valuable Medical Receipts, and Remarks on Diet, Bathing, Air, Exercise, etc. Cloth, Plain Plates, 4s. net. Cloth, Red Edges, Coloured Plates, 5s. net. Postage, 4d. W. NICHOLSON & SON, 14 Paternoster Square, E.C. 4. Culpeper's British Herbal and family Physician FOR The Cure of Diseases incident to the Human Frame. 18mo. 352 Pages with 140 Coloured Plates. Cloth, Red Edges, 4s. 6d. net. With Plain Plates, 3s. 6d. net. Postage 4d. Cheaper Edition, 2s. net. Postage 3d. How to Write letters A MANUAL OF CORRESPONDENCE SHOWING THE Correct Structure, Composition, Punctuation, Formalities, and the Uses of the various kinds of Letters, Notes, and Cards. BY J. W. WESTLAKE, A.M., Professor of English Literature. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 288 Pages. Price 2s. 6d. net. Postage 4d. W. NICHOLSON & SON, 14 Paternoster Square, E.C 4. . r „ «f' 1 1 ‘ : . ' , ■ ■ ' !>•' ‘I'