CONTENTS.

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Our American Resources and Foreign Allies[13]
The Hostess[22]
Breakfast[35]
The Lunch[49]
Afternoon Tea[59]
The Intellectual Components of a Dinner[68]
Conscientious Diners[79]
Various Modes of Gastronomical Gratification[94]
Soups[105]
Fish[113]
Salad[124]
Desserts[134]
German Eating and Drinking[143]
The Influence of Good Cheer on Authorsand Geniuses[152]
Bonbons[162]
Famous Menus and Receipts[176]
Cookeries and Wines of Southern Europe[185]
Some Oddities in the Art of Entertaining[197]
The Servant Question[206]
Something About Cooks[221]
Furnishing a Country House[233]
Entertaining in a Country House[241]
A Picnic[253]
Pastimes of Ladies[260]
Private Theatricals[271]
Hunting and Shooting[280]
Golf[288]
Games[299]
Archery[313]
The Season—Balls and Receptions[321]
Weddings[331]
How Royalty Entertains[340]
Entertaining at Easter[353]
How to Entertain Children[361]
Christmas and Children[371]
Certain Practical Suggestions[381]
The Comparative Merits of American andForeign Modes of Entertaining[389]

THE ART OF ENTERTAINING.