DOMESTIC COOKERY, USEFUL RECEIPTS, AND HINTS TO YOUNG HOUSEKEEPERS.


BY ELIZABETH E. LEA

"The Source of Liberal Deeds is Wise Economy."




ADVERTISEMENT TO THIRD EDITION.

This Work having passed through two editions, and having met with a very
favorable reception, the Authoress has been induced to thoroughly revise
and re-arrange the whole work. Numerous additions have also been made,
particularly under the heads Miscellaneous Receipts and Hints to Young
Housekeepers, which she hopes will be found to have enhanced its value.




INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS.

The compiler of "Useful Receipts and Hints to Young Housekeepers" having
entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed
by her ignorance of domestic affairs. For, whilst receipt books for
elegant preparations were often seen, those connected with the ordinary,
but far more useful part of household duties, were not easily procured;
thus situated, she applied to persons of experience, and embodied the
information collected in a book, to which, since years have matured her