In the following pages will be found some excellent Thoughts and Maxims upon Housekeeping; Advice upon the Domestic Treatment of the Sick; the Management of Children, &c.; a series of very instructive papers upon Domestic Manipulation, together with Directions for Cookery and the Choice of Food, in accordance with the Seasons of the Year; also ample Directions upon Carving, and the Arrangement of Tables, &c., with a large number of tried and approved Receipts in almost every description of Domestic Preparation. The married lady who carefully studies these pages, cannot fail to become a “Practical Housewife,” one of those wise women who “buildeth her house,” increaseth happiness in all around her, and is followed, when she is called heavenward, by the throbbing heart-love of all who felt her blessed influence. It is obvious that the subject of NEEDLEWORK, intricate as are its operations, and voluminous as its written descriptions must be, could not be included in the present volume. The subject has been elaborately treated and profusely illustrated in the “TREASURES IN NEEDLEWORK,” containing several hundreds of designs by Mrs. WARREN, Mrs. PULLAN, and other eminent artists. Commending our Volume to the Housewives of Great Britain, in the fullest confidence that every page will bear the closest examination, and be found unusually instructive, we pray for the increase of those Domestic Virtues which are the proud characteristic of the British Nation. LONDON, _October, 1860_. INDEX. Ablution, importance of, 22 Ague, 72 Air, importance of fresh, 22 Ale, devilled, 227 Aleberry, 225 Ale, mulled, 226 Ale posset, 228 Almond soap, 276 American biscuits, 297 Ants, expelling, 188 Antwerp cream, 301 Aperient electuary, 130 Aperient for children, 130 Aperient, infant’s, 127 Aperient pills, 126 Aperients, spring, 126 Aperient, tonic, 126 Apoplexy, 74 Appleade, 223 Apple fool, 265 Apple jelly, 270 Apricot beverage, 223 Apricot pudding, 275 April, food and cookery for, 262 Arrack, mock, 226 Arrow-root, 144 Artichokes, boiled, 287 Artichoke bottom ragout, 299 Artichokes fricasseed, 269 Asparagus, boiled, 264 Asparagus soup, 266 Asses’ milk, imitative, 145 Asthma, 49 Asthma, relief of, 127 Athol brose, 226 August, food and cookery for, 280 Baked milk, 145 Baking, 238 Bandages, 112 Bandoline, 140 Bang, 226 Barbel, to fry, 249 Barley gruel, 144 Barley milk, 145 Barley water, 223 Barley water, to make, 245 Bath buns, 256 Batter pudding, 271, 283 Beads, to clean, 214 Beans, French, à la Crême, 274 Beans, kidney, boiled, 274 Bear’s grease, 141 Bedding, &c., choice of, 8 Beef steaks, Staffordshire, 288 Bed-rooms, management of, 14 Beds, to detect dampness in, 188 Beef broth, 254 Beef collops, 259 Beef hams, 287 Beef, pressed, 278 Beef, spiced, 270 Beef stock, 253