[5] There is a cookery-book, by "a Lady," and a cookery-book by a
Physician; but Mrs. Rundell and Dr. Kitchiner will soon be warned
off the gridiron by the erudite genuine practical cook, who has
a right to the _kitchen stuff_ of literature. Mrs. R. must show
herself to be what she professes, and take "her chops out of the
frying-pan;" and the "good doctor" must "put his tongue into plenty
of cold water" to cool its boiling, broiling ardour.


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STEAM.

A Mr. Josph Hardaker has sung the praises of this gigantic power in
thirty-five stanzas, entitled "the Aeropteron; or, Steam Carriage." If
his lines run not as glibly as a Liverpool prize engine, they will
afford twenty minutes pleasant reading, and are an illustration of the
high and low pressure precocity of the march of mechanism.

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TIME'S TELESCOPE FOR 1831

Has appeared in somewhat better style than its predecessors. The paper
is of better quality, the print is in better taste, and there are a few
delicate copper-plate engravings. The old plan or chronological
arrangement is, however, nearly worn threadbare, and to supply this