A classic handwritten collection of recipes of an Australian housewife of the 1940s.
By Mechanical World
FROM THE PREFACE: “In the twenty. first annual issue of this work some important changes have been made. The notes on electrical transmission of power have been omitted, and this has allowed us to introduce a deal of new matter. In particular, attention is directed to a lengthy section on Condensing Plant and to another on the important subject of Superheating. The matter on Reverberatory and Reheating Furnaces has been rewritten and greatly extended, a section on Friction Clutches has been introduced, and several new tables have been added. These pertain to such matters as Morse Standard Tapers, British Standard Pipe Flanges, Pipe Threads, &c. Some of the standing tables have been modified, and will be found more convenient to use; several new illustrations have been introduced, and the whole work revised…”
Manchester: Emmot & Compan. 1908. 380p.
By I. H. Morris
FROM THE PREFACE: This little book has been prepared to meet the wants of those students who only require the Geometry necessary for the Art Student's course. The work necessary for the Second and Third Grade Art Certificates is fully covered, and the Student who has thoroughly mastered the contents of the book will tind himself well equipped either for examination or for taking up a more advanced course of the subject. The book contains over seven hundred figures arranged in a convenient form, and a very complete and exhaustive collection of exercises, and covers more ground than is absolutely necessary for the South Kensington Examination in Geometry. The chapter on Solid Geometry has been made unusually full, as the Author's experience is that one of the student's chief ditticulties is the want of sufficient variety of examples in this important branch of the subject.
London. Longmans Green and Co. 1918. 265p.
By John Courtney
Revised and Edited by D. Kinnear Clark. 5th. edition. Drawing, templating, and calculating boiler work and tank work. Rules for the evaporative power and the horse power of steam bollers, and the proportions of safety-valves; and useful tables of rivet joints, of circles, weights of metals, etc.
London. Crosby Lockwood And Son. 1898. 180p.
By Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping" is a novel by Marilynne Robinson, first published in 1980. The novel tells the story of Ruth and her younger sister Lucille, who are left in the care of their eccentric aunt Sylvie, after their mother commits suicide and their grandmother dies. Sylvie is a wanderer who has never settled down, and her unconventional approach to life clashes with the small, conservative community of Fingerbone, Idaho, where the sisters grew up.
As the girls come of age, they struggle with their own sense of identity and belonging, and with the conflicting values and expectations of the people around them. Ruth is drawn to Sylvie's unconventional lifestyle, and becomes increasingly alienated from the town and its inhabitants, while Lucille yearns for a more stable and traditional life.
Throughout the novel, Robinson explores themes of family, loss, grief, and the search for meaning and belonging. She also delves into questions of gender, identity, and the complex relationships that exist between women. At its heart, "Housekeeping" is a deeply moving and introspective novel, which offers a nuanced and insightful exploration of the human experience.
Robinson's prose is spare and lyrical, and her characters are vividly drawn, with a sense of empathy and compassion that is both rare and profound. The novel is widely regarded as a modern classic, and has won numerous awards and accolades for its exceptional writing and storytelling.
NY. Picador. 1980. 219p.
By Roz Shafran
Comfort, Help & Hope for Parents. From the cover: Parenting and caring for a child who is struggling to cope can be painful and stressful, and can make it very hard to enjoy life yourself. Feelings of blame, guilt, sorrow, despair, fear and frustration may be swirling around alongside a desperate desire to cure their pain. Although parenting a child who is experiencing difficulties is a common problem, we can feel desperately alone when it is happening to us. When someone we love is struggling - for whatever
reason - we may become unhappy too. For countless parents and children there are problems with no easy solutions. However that’s where this book comes in. It aims to help us understand for ourselves
what we can and cannot do; to help us to accept any distress, worry, anxiety, sadness or loss of control in our situations; to see that we can tolerate these things; and to know that there are ways to move forward.
This book is packed with stories from real parents, combined with information from psychological research. It will show you how you can manage to obtain comfort from knowing you are not alone, get
help from resources and techniques that really work, and find hope that things can and do change for the better.
London. Little Brown-Robinson. 2022. 240p.
By Betsy Newman and Graeme Newman
Take a culinary adventure to "the land down under" with Good Food from Australia! From the famous Vegemite Sandwich to grilling on the "barbie," the authors provide a generous collection of over 150 genuine Australian favorites. Start off with Egg and Bacon Pie (what real Australian men eat!), then sample some hearty Pocket Steak Melbourne or Dandenong Rabbit Pie, with a side of Victoria Salad, and top it all off with a slice of Maisie's Chocolate Peppermint Cake. You can even learn to drink a "cuppa tea" and a beer like a real Aussie! Reflecting the great variety and range of Australian cooking, some of the sections included in this cookbook are: "The Australian Melting Pot," "Steaks, Chops, and Snags," "Casseroles and Curries, "Cookies and Slices," and of course, "Outback Cooking." From the exotic and outlandish--Kangaroo Tail Soup and Fried Tiger Snake- to tried and true favorites like Hamburger Hot Pot and Banana Tea Cake, give your cooking some real Australian flavor with these unique recipes, specially adapted for the American kitchen.
NY. Hippocrene Books. 1997. 273p.
By Owen Simmons
“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing”, writes Owen Simmons at the outset of The Book of Bread (1903), a work he hopes will definitively establish “the link between the bakery and the laboratory” and speak to “the needs of the baker and of the miller”. And the text, at times, does indeed read like a lab manual for commercial bakeries: Simmons was a breadmaker’s breadmaker, co-founder of the National School of Bakery in London and frequent contributor to The British Baker. The book contains equations for the conversion of starch into alcohol (by way of maltose, dextrin, and glucose), chemical explanations for why viscoelasticity is “injurious to the proper manufacture of several kinds of biscuits”, and intricate discussions of nitrogenic proteids, which, once transformed into peptones, “nourish the yeast by percolating its cellulose”.
In addition to its scientific learning, the preface notes two unique aspects that set The Book of Bread apart from competitors: a tabulated appendix, featuring the results of more than 360 baking experiments, and its “most expensive illustrations”, which will force readers “to admit that never before have they seen such a complete collection of prize loaves illustrated in such an excellent manner”.
London: Maclaren and Sons, 1903. 309p.
By A. G. Payne
A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet.. “The aims of the London Vegetarian Society are to advocate the total disuse of the flesh of animals (fish, flesh, and fowl) as food, and to promote a more extensive use of pulse, grains, fruits, nuts, and other products of the vegetable kingdom, thus propagating a principle tending essentially to true civilisation, to universal humaneness, and to the increase of happiness generally.”
London, Paris and Melbourne (1891) 222 pages.
By W. Carew Hazlitt.
“the English artisan, if he could get a rump-steak or a leg of mutton once a week, was content to starve on the other six days.” One might sum up this book’s essential thesis as “animals don’t cook, humans do.” A wonderful history of cooking.
(London 1902) 150 pages.
By Lydia Maria Gurney.
A collection of old time recipes, some nearly one hundred years old and never published before. Originally published in Suburban Life. New York (1914) 94 pages.
By Marion Harland.
A practical and exhaustive manual of cookery and housekeeping, containing thousands of carefully proved recipes — prepared for the housewife, not for the chef — and many chapters on the care and management of the home — the final expression of her life’s experience. (1903) 948 pages.
Or Solecisms to be Avoided. By a Member of the Aristocracy. “…the most comprehensive instructions are given in each chapter respecting every form or phase of the subject under discussion that it may be clearly understood what IS done, or what is NOT done, in good society, and also how what IS done in good society should be done.” Thirty-eighth edition. London and New York. (1916) 284 pages.
By Mrs. Jean Prescott Adams
Director of Department of Food and Economics, Armour and Company. A manual to promote Household Efficiency and Economy. “After a fair analysis, the housewife realizes that alive animal is not all meat and, furthermore, that the meat carcass is not all steaks and rib roasts…”(1921) 153 pages.
By A. M. Powell.
Arts and Sciences Series No. 7. A Practical Handbook for the Amateur Experimenters in Three Parts. Volume 1. (1918) 327 pages.
By Hawkins and Staff
A Practical Thesis. . Questions, answers and illustrations. A progressive course of study or engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of Electricity and its Applications. (1914) 425 pages.
Mattie Phipps Todd
A Manual for School and Home, of the Motley School, Minneapolis. Introduction by Alixwe W. Cooley formerly Supervisor of Primary Schools, Minneapolis. With 57 illustrations. “We believe that man is a trinity, three in one — head, heart, and hand, one soul made manifest…that life is wisest spent where the strong, working hand makes strong the working brain…” (1902) 149 pages.
By Cecil B. Hartley.
A Complete guide for a Gentleman’s conduct in all his relations towards society. Containing rules for etiquette to be observed in the street, at table, in the ball room, evening party, and morning call; with full directions for polite correspondence, dress, conversation, manly exercises, and accomplishments. From the Best French, English and American Authorities. (1860) 233 pages.
By Anne Cobbett.
Contains advice on the conduct of household affairs, and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the kitchen, the pantry, the cellar, the larder, and the dairy. The whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping. (1851) 523 pages.
By Samuel Edward Dibble
Head of Sanitary equipment and installation dept. Carnegie Institute of Technology. “The author has in mind the needs of young men having no technical instruction who are anxious to become proficient in the art of plumbing. (1918) 262 pages.