Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million: Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic ArtsHale, Sarah Josepha Buell
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Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million: Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell
Cooking; Home economics
Manure--Soil--Hay--Grains--Vegetables--To destroy Insects--Vermin
--Weeds--Cows, Calves, Sheep, &c.--Gardening--The
Orchard--Timber--Building--Bees _Page 265 to 318_
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Choice and cheap Cookery--New Receipts--Southern Dishes--Cakes,
Bread, Pies, and Puddings--Home-made Wines, Mead,
Nectar, &c.--Washing--Hints on Diet, Exercise, and Economy
--Painting--Books--Periodicals and Newspapers _Page 319 to 384_
PART VIII.
ELEGANT AND INGENIOUS ARTS.
Water-Colors used in Drawing--Directions for mixing Colors--Wash
Colors for Maps--To paint Flowers, Birds, Landscapes,
&c., in Water-Colors--Potichomanie--Grecian Painting--Diaphanic
Feather Flowers--Sea-Weeds--Botanical Specimens, Leaf
Impressions, &c.--Transferring to Glass, Wood, &c.--Emblematic
Stones--Staining Stone, Wood, &c.--Ornamental Leather work--Dyeing
--Games--Evening Pastime _Page 385 to 431_
PART IX.
WORK IN DOORS AND OUT.
Household maxims--Household receipts for many things--Care
of Furs--Wise economy--Things to know--Cleanliness--Prevention
of accidents--Domestic hints--More hints on Agriculture--Cattle
--Gardening--Drying Herbs--Properties and uses of Vegetables
--Vegetables to cultivate--Fruit Trees and Fruit--Vermin
on Trees _Page 431 to 484_
PART X.
PERSONAL MATTERS.
Dress of Ladies--Dress of a Gentleman--Manners--Rules of
Etiquette--Dinner Parties--Balls and Evening Parties--Courtship
and Marriage--Marriage Ceremony--After Marriage--Directions
to a Wife--Directions to a Husband--Our House--Conversation--Rules
of Conduct _Page 484 to 533_
PART XI.
HEALTH AND WEALTH.
Preservation of Health--Baths--Exercise--Terms expressing the
properties of medicines--Ointments and Cerates--Embrocations
and Liniments--Enemas--Poultices--Special rules for the prevention
of Cholera--Rules for a Sick Room--Domestic Surgery--Bandages
--Riches--Temperance--Way to Wealth _Page 533 to 590_
PART XII.
THE FAMILY AT HOME.
A good Table--Bread, &c.--Meats--Vegetables--Household
management--Beverages--Useful Receipts for Family Practice
--Miscellaneous Receipts, Rules, &c.--Dietetic maxims--Hints
to Mechanics and Workmen--Maxims and Morals for all Men--Home
Industry for Young Ladies--Pets--Swimming--Riding--Home
Counsels--Parlor Amusements--The training of Daughters,
&c.--Sentiments of Flowers--Signs of the Weather--Air--Its
effects on Life--Importance of Laws--Phrenology--Synopsis of
American History--Words of Washington--Useful Family
Tables _Page 590 to 699_
MRS. HALE'S
RECEIPTS FOR THE MILLION,
CONTAINING
FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE
RECEIPTS, FACTS, ETC.
PART I.
HOME AND ITS EMPLOYMENTS.
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