1893 ANTIQUE VICTORIAN ETIQUETTE Recipes Cookbook HOUSEHOLD Medicine Pets

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Original 1893 new and revised and enlarged edition of " The Household Encuclopedia and PracticalHome Physician, A Manual of Useful Information. The whole forming a complete Hand-Book of reference for Housewives and Mothers ". Published by: National Book & Picture Company. Copyright entered according to Act of Congress, A. D. 1883. Hardcover. Complete with 448 pgs. Measures 9” x 6" x 1-1/2". Lightly illustrated. This book contains detailed information that would have been valued by a young Victorian woman as she sets out on lifes path into the world of courtship, marriage, household setup, and efficiency. It covers etiquette, how to act accordingly, treat ailments, cook meals, treat poisoning, make household items, choose and handle the pets, and stock, etc. Content chapters titled: Etiquette, Household, Domestic Pets, Poultry, Medicinal, Poisons and Antidotes, Medicinal Table. Breakdown: visiting, courtship, obligations, correspondence, wedding, amusement, manners, toilette, household, cooking, recipes, butchering, serving, parties, various domestic pets, (canaries, parrots, squirrel, nightingales, raising a variety of poultry, diseases and remedies of, treating family medical issues, recipes for mixing remedies, making household items, like shampoo, etc. And a section on poisons and antidotes. Stamped brown cloth cover w/black and read more