This edition had all images removed.
Title:
The Young Housekeeper's Friend
Revised and Enlarged
Credits: E-text prepared by Julia Miller, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana)
Summary: "The Young Housekeeper's Friend" by Mrs. Cornelius is a practical guide for managing household responsibilities, written in the mid-19th century. This volume serves as a manual for young housekeepers, offering advice and a variety of recipes to help them navigate domestic life. The book emphasizes the importance of efficient household management, cooking techniques, and the integration of domestic duties with spiritual and moral obligations. At the start of the guide, the author outlines her intentions, highlighting the common struggles faced by young women in managing their households due to a lack of experience. The preface echoes a sympathy for those entering domestic life and establishes a supportive tone, encouraging readers to learn and develop skills for effective housekeeping. Mrs. Cornelius shares personal experiences and those gathered from friends to compile a detailed collection of suggestions, receipts, and directives aimed at simplifying the art of cooking and upkeep in a home, focusing on economy and health. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Cornelius, Mrs. (Mary Hooker), 1796-1880
EBook No.: 45863
Published: Jun 2, 2014
Downloads: 160
Language: English
Subject: Cooking, American
LoCC: Technology: Home economics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title:
The Young Housekeeper's Friend
Revised and Enlarged
Credits: E-text prepared by Julia Miller, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana)
Summary: "The Young Housekeeper's Friend" by Mrs. Cornelius is a practical guide for managing household responsibilities, written in the mid-19th century. This volume serves as a manual for young housekeepers, offering advice and a variety of recipes to help them navigate domestic life. The book emphasizes the importance of efficient household management, cooking techniques, and the integration of domestic duties with spiritual and moral obligations. At the start of the guide, the author outlines her intentions, highlighting the common struggles faced by young women in managing their households due to a lack of experience. The preface echoes a sympathy for those entering domestic life and establishes a supportive tone, encouraging readers to learn and develop skills for effective housekeeping. Mrs. Cornelius shares personal experiences and those gathered from friends to compile a detailed collection of suggestions, receipts, and directives aimed at simplifying the art of cooking and upkeep in a home, focusing on economy and health. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Cornelius, Mrs. (Mary Hooker), 1796-1880
EBook No.: 45863
Published: Jun 2, 2014
Downloads: 160
Language: English
Subject: Cooking, American
LoCC: Technology: Home economics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.