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French dishes for American tables

1886

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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Illustrated. " Mrs. Church's directions for house-furnishing, while very artistic and cheerful, are adapted to the wants of the great army of limited incomes. What may be done in the way of home decoration and upholstery is pointed out, with advice on the finishing touches that so often go to make a house a home."— Philadelphia Ledger. 3. The Home Garden. By Ella Rodman Church. Illus- trated. "We have instructions for gardening and flower-raising, in door and out. Boses end lilies have separate chapters, and there is much valuable information about fern- eries, city gardens, miniature greenhouses, and methods of utilizing small spaces for vegetable-raising." — Albany Argus. 4. Home Grounds. By A. F. Oaket. Illustrated. " ' Homo Grounds1 tells, in a very suggestive way, how the surroundings of a sub- urban home may be made beautiful at little expense." — Christian at Work. 5. Home Decoration : Instructions in and Designs for Embroid- ery, Panel and Decorative Paintings, Wood-carving, etc. By Janet E. Ruutz-Rees. With numerous Designs, mainly by George Gibson. Contents: I. Introductory; II. General Remarks ; III. Materials and Prices ; IV. Stitches and Methods: V. Window-Hangings and Portieres; VI. Screens; VII. Lam- brequins and Small Panels; VIII. Incidental Decorations; IX. Wood-carving. 6. The Home Needle. By Ella Rodman Church. Illustrated. Contents: I. "Go Teach the Orphnn-Girl to Sew"; II. Beginning Eight— Under- Garments; III. TTnder-Garments (Continued); IV. "The Song of the Shirt"; V. Rudiments of Dress-making; VI. Dressmaking in Detail; VII. Sewing and Finish- ing; VIII. The Milliner's Art; IX. Children's Garments; X. House Linen; XI. The Mending Basket; XII. A Patchwoik Chapter, 7. Amenities of Home. By m. e. w. s. " The author has not spared good, sense, right feeling, or sound principle. A better book for the family circle it would be hard to name." — Literary World. 8. Household Hints ; A Book of Home Receipts and Home SuggestioiiSo By Mrs. Emma. W. Babcocr. "The author has evidently been used to the nice economics of life, and her experi- ence is of more than ordinary value. The book is not entirely given up to culinary items; there are talks on various subjects, and happy suggestions on making and Ordering a pleasant home, that shall have a 'certain physiognomy of its own.1 V — Boston Courier. 9. The Home Library. By Arthur Penn, editor of " The Rhymester." Illustrated. Contents: I. A Plea for the Best Books ; II. On the Buying and Owning of Books; III. On Heading; IV. On Fiction (with, a List of a Hundred Best Novels); V. On the Library and its Furniture; VI. On Book-binding; VII. On the Making of Scrap- Books; VIII. On Diaries and Family Records; IX. On the Lending and Marking of Books ; X. Hints Here and There ; ' XI. Appendix— List of Authors whose Works should be found in the Home Library. " A practical, suggestive, serviceab'e volume, belonging to a series of what may be called domestic guide-books, all useful, instructive, and convenient." — /Saturday He- view. 10. Home Occupations. By Janet e. Ruutz-Rees. illus- trated.