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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 — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi

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

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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.