Transcribers Note: -Bold text is noted with = tags A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE-BOOK to Natural Hygienic and Humane Diet By SIDNEY H. BEARD, _(Editor of "The Herald of the Golden Age.")_ SEVENTH EDITION. (Fortieth Thousand.) PRICE TWO SHILLINGS (50 cents net.) THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN AGE, 153, 155, Brompton Rd., London, S.W. London Agent--R. J. James, 10, 11, 12 Ivy Lane, E.C. COPYRIGHT BY SIDNEY H. BEARD. _All rights reserved._ DEDICATION. To all God's Sons and Daughters of Compassion, who are striving to lessen the travail and pain of the sentient creation, and to establish upon Earth the "King's Peace." "There hath been slaughter for the sacrifice And slaying for the meat, but henceforth none Shall spill the blood of life, nor taste of flesh; Seeing that knowledge grows, and life is one, And Mercy cometh to the merciful." =CONTENTS.= The True Ideal in Diet 13 A Plea for the Simple Life 22 A Plea for Moderation 26 Artistic Cookery 28 What to do when Travelling 32 Advice for Beginners 36 Commercial Dietetic Inventions 38 How to Regulate our Diet 41 A Simple Food-Chart 45 A Table of Food Values 46 Vegetarian Soups 48 Substitutes for Fish 55 Substitutes for Meat Dishes 58 Simple Savoury Dishes 69 Cold Luncheon Dishes 86 Gravies and Sauces 94 Puddings and Sweets 99 Bread and Cakes 112 Summer and Winter Drinks 117 How to Feed Invalids 119 What to do at Christmas 126 Breakfast, Luncheon and Dinner Menus 128 Hints to Housekeepers 131 Unfired and Vital Foods 133 Some Suggestive Menus 135 Useful Domestic Information 137 Scientific Cooking of Vegetables 140 Labour-Saving Appliances 144 Medicinal and Dietetic Qualities of Foods 146 Hygienic Information 152 How to accumulate Physical Vitality 155 For Synopsis of Recipes, see next page. (Index, 159.) SYNOPSIS OF RECIPES. =Breakfast Dishes=, 81, 82, 84, 86 to 88, 98, 104, 105, 113, 116, 122, 128, 144, 145, 150, 152, 154. =Cold Luncheon Dishes=, 131 to 156. =Hot Luncheon Dishes=, 66 to 130.