Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million

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Author

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879

Title

Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts

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Produced by Julia Miller, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Home economics

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46254

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46254

Release Date

July 12, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MRS. HALE'S RECEIPTS FOR THE MILLION:
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PART I. — HOME AND ITS EMPLOYMENTS.
5. 5.PART II. — HEALTH AND BEAUTY. — BURNS AND SCALDS. — PLASTERS, BLISTERS, OINTMENTS, &c. — POISONS AND ANTIDOTES. — BATHS AND BATHING. — THE TOILET. — OF THE COMPLEXION. — FOR THE DRESSING-TABLE.
6. 6.PART III. — HOME PURSUITS AND DOMESTIC ARTS. — EXPLANATION OF STITCHES. — INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PREPARATION OF HOUSE-LINEN. — FOR SILK EMBROIDERY. — SILK EMBROIDERY, ANOTHER WAY. See p. 164. — ANGLO-JAPANESE WORK. — MARKING INK. — MANAGEMENT OF CANARY-BIRDS. — HOUSE-PLANTS. — DIRECTIONS FOR WINDOW-PLANTS.
7. 7.PART IV. — DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND OTHER MATTERS WORTH KNOWING. — TEAS. — COFFEE. — HINTS TO FARMERS. — MANAGEMENT OF A HORSE. — RAISING POULTRY. — HINTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE FROM FIRE.
8. 8.PART V. — MISTRESS—MOTHER—NURSE—AND MAID. — OF THE TABLE — ON THE MANAGEMENT OF INFANTS, YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THE SICK. — QUALIFICATIONS OF A GOOD NURSE. — FOOD FOR THE SICK AND FOR CHILDREN. — DRINKS FOR THE SICK. — ALKALESCENT DRINKS. — STIMULATING DRINKS. — TONIC DRINKS. — NUTRITIVE DRINKS. — A FEW SIMPLE MIXTURES, &c. — RULES FOR WOMEN SERVANTS.
9. 9.PART VI. — SOME HINTS ABOUT AGRICULTURE, GARDENING, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ETC. — GARDENING. — THE ORCHARD. — TIMBER. — BUILDING.
10. 10.PART VII. — MANY THINGS. — CAKES, BREAD, PIES, AND PUDDINGS. — EASY AND CHEAP MODE OF COLORING CLOTHING, &c. — SOME HINTS ON DIET, EXERCISE, AND ECONOMY.
11. 11.PART VIII. — ELEGANT AND INGENIOUS ARTS, ETC. — WATER-COLORS USED IN DRAWING. — DIRECTIONS FOR MIXED COLORS. — TO PREPARE WASH COLORS FOR MAPS. — TO MIX WATER-COLORS FOR ANIMALS. — FRUIT IN WATER COLORS. — TO PAINT FLOWERS. — BIRDS IN WATER-COLORS. — LANDSCAPES IN WATER-COLORS. — POTICHOMANIE. — GRECIAN PAINTING. — DIAPHANIE. — FEATHER FLOWERS. — BOTANICAL SPECIMENS, LEAF IMPRESSIONS, ETC. — TRANSFERRING TO GLASS, WOOD, Etc. — EMBLEMATIC STONES. — STAINING. — ORNAMENTED LEATHER WORK. — DYEING. ( SEE PAGES 74 , 75 , 76 .) — THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. — LAWS OF CHESS. — EVENING PASTIME.
12. 12.PART IX. — WORK IN DOORS AND OUT. — HOUSEHOLD MAXIMS. — HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS FOR MANY THINGS. — WISE ECONOMY. — THINGS TO KNOW. — CLEANLINESS. — PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS. — ADDITIONAL DOMESTIC HINTS. — AGRICULTURE—MORE HINTS. ( SEE PAGES 198 AND 264 .) — CATTLE. ( SEE PAGE 289 .) — GARDENING ( SEE PAGE 291 .) — DRYING HERBS. — PROPERTIES AND USES OF VEGETABLES. — VEGETABLES TO CULTIVATE. — FRUIT TREES AND FRUIT.
13. 13.PART X. — PERSONAL MATTERS. — DRESS OF LADIES. — DRESS OF A GENTLEMAN. — MANNERS. — RULES OF ETIQUETTE. — DINNER PARTIES. — BALLS AND EVENING PARTIES. — COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. — OUR HOUSE.
14. 14.PART XI. — HEALTH AND WEALTH. — THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. — BATHS, &c. ( SEE PAGES 124 AND 125 .) — TERMS EXPRESSING THE PROPERTIES OF MEDICINES. — OINTMENTS AND CERATES. — EMBROCATIONS AND LINIMENTS. — ENEMAS — POULTICES. [ SEE PAGES 112 , 113 , AND 230 , 231 .] — SPECIAL RULES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHOLERA. — RULES FOR A SICK ROOM. — DOMESTIC SURGERY. — BANDAGES. — LEECHES AND THEIR APPLICATION. — RICHES. — TEMPERANCE. — THE WAY TO WEALTH.
15. 15.PART XII. — THE FAMILY AT HOME. — VEGETABLES. — HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT. — BEVERAGES. — USEFUL RECEIPTS FOR FAMILY PRACTICE. — MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS, RULES, ETC. — DIETETIC MAXIMS. — HINTS TO MECHANICS AND WORKMEN. — MAXIMS AND MORALS FOR ALL MEN. — HOME INDUSTRY FOR YOUNG LADIES. — PETS. — SWIMMING. — HOME COUNSELS. — PARLOR AMUSEMENTS. — THE TRAINING OF DAUGHTERS, ETC. — SENTIMENTS OF FLOWERS. — SIGNS OF THE WEATHER. — AIR—ITS EFFECTS ON LIFE. — LAWS—IMPORTANCE OF LAWS. — PHRENOLOGY. — SYNOPSIS OF AMERICAN HISTORY. — WORDS OF WASHINGTON. — USEFUL FAMILY TABLES.
16. 16.FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

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