COMMON SENSE
In the Household.
A Manual of Practical Housewifery,
By MARION HARLAND,
Author of “Alone,” “Hidden Path,” “Nemesis,” &c., &c.
| One vol. 12mo, cloth. Price |
$1 75 |
SEE WHAT THE CRITICS, AND PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPERS, say of it:
“And now we have from another popular novelist a cookery book, whereof our housekeeper
(this literary recorder is not a bachelor) speaks most enthusiastically. She says
that simplicity and clearness of expression, accuracy of detail, a regard to economy of
material, and certainty of good results, are requisites in a useful receipt-book for the
kitchen, and Marion Harland has comprehended all these. That she has by experience
proved the unsatisfactoriness of housekeepers' helps in general is shown by the arrangement
of her book. She has appended a star to such recipes as, after having tried them
herself, she can recommend as safe and generally simple. Such a directory will be a
great help to one who goes to the book for aid in preparing a pleasant and savory meal
without much experience in cooking. The language is so simple, and the directions so
plain, that a reasonably intelligent cook might avail herself of it to vary her manner of
preparing even ordinary dishes. The introduction to the book should be printed as a
tract and put in every house. The simple advice for the management of servants, the
general directions at the head of each department of cooking, and the excellent pages on
the sick-room, make as complete an aid to housekeepers as can well be desired.”
—Harper's
Monthly.
“In the hands of the author, whose name is well known in another department of
literature, the subject has been treated with thoroughness and skill, showing that a little
common sense may be as successful in the concoction of a toothsome viand as in the composition
of a romance.”
—N. Y. Daily Tribune.
“It inspires us with a great respect for the housewifery of a literary lady, and we
cannot err in predicting for it a wide popularity.”
—N. Y. Evening Post.
“Unites the merits of a trustworthy receipt-book with the freshness of a familiar
talk on household affairs.”
—Albany Evening Journal.
“The directious are clear, practical, and so good in their way that the only wonder is,
how any one head could hold so many pots, kettles, and pans, and such a world of gastronomic
good things.”
—Hearth and Home.
“The recipes are clearly expressed, easy to follow, and not at all expensive. The
suggestions about household affairs are chic. On a test comparison with three other
American cook-books, it comes out ahead upon every count. Beyond this experto credi
nothing more need be said.”
—Christian Union.
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SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO.,
654 Broadway, New York.
