No Woman can give herself to a more noble occupation than the making of the ideal home.—The Beacon.
The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking. Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes. By Helen Campbell. A new revised edition. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00.
The work grew out of Mrs. Campbell’s experiences as a teacher of cookery, more especially at the South, but its principles are applicable anywhere, and as a manual for inexperienced housewives or as a class-room text-book it will be found of decided value.... No woman can give herself to a more noble occupation than the making of the ideal home, and Mrs. Campbell, by showing women how to do this, accomplished a great and important task. The book she has written tells about the requirements of a healthful home, explains how the routine of daily housekeeping may be most economically and effectually conducted, sets forth the chemistry of food and the relations of food to health, and in the second part gives special instructions on the preparation of different sorts of food, with many carefully tested recipes.—The Beacon.
It is not a cook-book pure and simple. It is more. It covers a large range, such as the situation and arrangement of the house, drainage and water supply, the day’s work and how to plan it, fires, lights, and things to work with, washing-day and cleaning in general, the body and its composition, food and its laws, the relations of food to health, the chemistry of animal food, the chemistry of vegetable food, condiments, and beverages. The book is interestingly written, as is everything that comes from Mrs. Campbell’s pen. It certainly will prove a great benefit to housewives and would-be housewives who read it; besides, the ample recipes it contains make it a book of reference of constant value.—Cleveland World.
In the midst of always increasing cookery books, it has had a firm constituency of friends, especially in the South, where its necessity was first made plain. There is something here for the tyro and the adept, and whether used at home with growing girls, in cooking clubs, in schools, or in private classes, the system outlined has proven itself admirable, and the theory and practice of Miss Campbell’s book are almost beyond criticism.—Oregonian.
It is not merely a cook-book, but is a text-book of about everything that is of special interest to the housekeeper, and is adapted either for domestic use or study in classes. It is in fact a housekeeper’s most valuable encyclopædia, written by a lady who by education and thoroughly practical knowledge was rendered singularly competent for the important work here undertaken and so successfully carried out.... It is a book that intelligent young housekeepers especially will come to regard as an indispensable companion.—Boston Home Journal.
It really is one of the most admirable of manuals for the usual young housekeeper.—Providence Journal.
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