HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY A MANUAL INTENDED FOR FEMALE TRAINING COLLEGES AND THE SENIOR CLASSES OF GIRLS' SCHOOLS. BY MARGARET MARIA BREWSTER, AUTHOR OF "WORK, OR, PLENTY TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT;" "SUNBEAMS IN THE COTTAGE;" EDINBURGH: THOMAS CONSTABLE AND CO. HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO., LONDON. 1858. 26F. c. 137. PREFACE. HAVING been asked to write a Manual of Domestic Economy principally for the use of Female Training Colleges, the author has attempted to do so with the earnestness and sympathy which such an important subject demands. While some of the topics had previously come under her personal and practical consideration, she has painfully felt her ignorance and incapacity to deal with others; and she has consequently had recourse to books, as well as to the knowledge of more experienced friends. Johnston's Chemistry of Common Life, Johnston's Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry, Youman's Handbook of Household Science, The Food of Man, the Finchley Manuals, and Miss Burdett Coutts' admirable volume of Prize Essays, have been her principal authorities. AUGUST 1858. |