THE PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE. HIGHLY INTERESTING WORK FOR HOUSEWIVES. _Numerous Illustrations, crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d._ THE HOUSEWIFE’S REASON WHY DOMESTIC SCIENCE. The Author of “The Reason Why Series” has made very wide researches, in order to bring within the pages of this Volume, in the most simple but expressive language, all those illustrations of scientific principles which bear upon the Housewife’s duties; so that she may not only know that she should do a thing, but WHY she should do it; and knowing WHY, perform it all the more willingly. EXAMPLE. Why is the mixture of alum with bread injurious? Why are baked apples useful to dyspeptic persons? Why should bedsteads not be placed against walls? Why do chimneys smoke? Why does salt improve digestion? Why does biliousness frequently attack people at forty years of age? Why are complexions influenced by the colours of dress? Why should not infants be placed on their backs in their cradles or beds? Why is roasted meat more digestible than boiled? This Volume answers 1500 similar Questions. [Illustration: “To understand the Economy of Household Affairs is not only essential to a woman’s proper and pleasant performance of the duties of a Wife and a Mother, but is indispensable to the comfort, respectability, and welfare of all Families, whatever be their circumstances.”—_Dr. Kitchiner._] THE PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND FAMILY MEDICAL GUIDE BY THE ORIGINAL EDITOR OF THE “FAMILY FRIEND,” THE “HOUSEWIFE’S REASON WHY,” ETC. NEW EDITION, REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED. LONDON: HOULSTON & WRIGHT. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. _Author’s Edition._ THE REASON WHY SERIES COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING WORKS, EACH COMPLETE IN ITSELF, AND SOLD SEPARATELY.