A LITTLE GIRL’S COOKERY BOOK A SELECTION FROM MILLS & BOON’S LIST OF GENERAL LITERATURE =THE STORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY.= By E. KEBLE CHATTERTON, Author of “Sailing Ships.” With a Frontispiece in Colour and 50 Illustrations from Photographs. Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net. =NERVES AND THE NERVOUS.= By EDWIN ASH, M.D. (Lond.). Crown 8vo, 5s. net. =THE ZOO CONVERSATION BOOK.= By EDMUND SELOUS. Illustrated by J. A. SHEPHERD. Crown 8vo, 5s. net. =THE CHILDREN’S STORY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.= By G. E. TROUTBECK. With 4 Photogravure Plates, and 21 Illustrations from Photographs. Crown 8vo, 5s. net. Popular Edition, 1s. net. =THE CHILDREN’S STORY OF THE BEE.= By S. L. BENSUSAN. Illustrated by C. MOORE PARK. Crown 8vo, 5s. net. =CHILD-NURTURE: Mental and Physical.= A Book for Parents and Teachers. By HONNOR MORTEN, Author of “The Nursery Nurse’s Companion,” “The Nurse’s Dictionary.” Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. net. =KINGS AND QUEENS OF FRANCE.= A Concise History of France. By MILDRED CARNEGY. With a Preface by the BISHOP OF HEREFORD. With a Map and four full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. =CANNED CLASSICS, AND OTHER VERSES.= By HARRY GRAHAM. Profusely Illustrated by LEWIS BAUMER. Crown 4to, 3s. 6d. net. =QUEERY LEARY NONSENSE.= Being a Lear Nonsense Book, with a long Introduction by the Earl of CROMER, and Edited by Lady STRACHEY of Sutton Court. With 50 Illustrations in Colour and Line. Crown 4to, 3s. 6d. net. =THE GARDEN OF SONG.= Edited by HAROLD SIMPSON. Fcap. 8vo, 2s. 6d. net. =A LITTLE GIRL’S COOKERY BOOK.= By C. F. BENTON and MARY F. HODGE. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net. =THE MOTHER’S COMPANION.= By Mrs. M. A. CLOUDESLEY-BRERETON (Officier d’Académie). With an Introduction by Sir LAUDER BRUNTON, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net. =THE HOUSEHOLDER’S COMPANION.= By FRANCIS MINTON, M.A. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net. =THE NURSERY NURSE’S COMPANION.= By HONNOR MORTEN. Crown 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d. net; paper 1s. net. A LITTLE GIRL’S COOKERY BOOK BY CAROLINE FRENCH BENTON AND MARY FLORENCE HODGE MILLS & BOON, LIMITED 49 RUPERT STREET LONDON, W. _Published 1911_ CONTENTS PART I PAGE BREAKFAST DISHES 3 PART II LUNCHEON OR SUPPER DISHES 43 PART III DINNER AND TEA DISHES, SAUCES AND SWEETS 89 INTRODUCTION Once upon a time there was a little girl named Margaret, and she wanted to cook, so she went into the kitchen and tried and tried, but she could not understand the cookery books, and she made dreadful messes, and spoiled her frocks, and burned her fingers till she cried and cried. One day she went to her grandmother and her mother and her Pretty Aunt and her Other Aunt, who were all sitting sewing, and asked them to tell her about cooking.