Do you ask, then, what will educate your son? Your example will educate him; your conversation; the business he sees you transact; the likings and dislikings you express,—these will educate him; the society you live in will educate him.—Mrs. Barbauld.
SIXTH EDITION,
WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR.
NEW YORK:
C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY.
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JOSEPH H. FRANCIS, 128 WASHINGTON STREET.
1846.
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PREFACE.
When I wrote the ‘Frugal Housewife,’ some booksellers declined publishing it, on account of the great variety of cookery books already in the market. I was perfectly aware of this circumstance; but among them all, I did not know of one suited to the wants of the middling class in our own country. I believed such a book was needed; and the sale of more than six thousand copies in one year has proved that I was right in my conjecture.