The Art of Entertaining

About this eBook

Author

Sherwood, M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson), 1826-1903

Credits

E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion

Subject

Entertaining

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41632

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41632

Release Date

December 15, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ART OF ENTERTAINING
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.OUR AMERICAN RESOURCES, AND FOREIGN ALLIES.
5. 5.THE HOSTESS.
6. 6.BREAKFAST.
7. 7.THE LUNCH.
8. 8.AFTERNOON TEA.
9. 9.THE INTELLECTUAL COMPONENTS OF DINNER.
10. 10.CONSCIENTIOUS DINERS.
11. 11.VARIOUS MODES OF GASTRONOMIC GRATIFICATION.
12. 12.OF SOUPS.
13. 13.FISH.
14. 14.THE SALAD.
15. 15.DESSERTS.
16. 16.GERMAN EATING AND DRINKING.
17. 17.THE INFLUENCE OF GOOD CHEER ON AUTHORS AND GENIUSES.
18. 18.BONBONS.
19. 19.FAMOUS MENUS AND RECIPES.
20. 20.COOKERY AND WINES OF THE SOUTH OF EUROPE.
21. 21.SOME ODDITIES IN THE ART OF ENTERTAINING.
22. 22.THE SERVANT QUESTION.
23. 23.SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS.
24. 24.THE FURNISHING OF A COUNTRY HOUSE.
25. 25.ENTERTAINING IN A COUNTRY HOUSE.
26. 26.A PICNIC.
27. 27.PASTIMES OF LADIES.
28. 28.PRIVATE THEATRICALS.
29. 29.HUNTING AND SHOOTING.
30. 30.THE GAME OF GOLF.
31. 31.OF GAMES.
32. 32.ARCHERY.
33. 33.THE SEASON, BALLS, AND RECEPTIONS.
34. 34.WEDDINGS.
35. 35.HOW ROYALTY ENTERTAINS.
36. 36.ENTERTAINING AT EASTER.
37. 37.HOW TO ENTERTAIN CHILDREN.
38. 38.CHRISTMAS AND CHILDREN.
39. 39.CERTAIN PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
40. 40.COMPARATIVE MERITS OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN MODES OF ENTERTAINING.

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