Full title:
“The Female Instructor; or, young woman’s friend and companion, being a guide to all the accomplishments which adorn the female character, either as a useful member of society, a pleasing companion, or, a respectable mother of the family. Containing many pleasing examples of illustrious females. To which is added, a select system of cookery, the art of preserving and pickling, brewing, making wines, family recipes, the management of poultry, dying, & c., and directions to servants of every description.”
Mrs Pankhurst would not approve.
Publisher: Henry Fisher
Edition: 1872
Pages: 560
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An abridged version of the work produced by the same author and published in 1872 with, according to Andre L. Simon, “most of the scientific data … omitted, but the majority of the errors have been retained”.
The author was Superintendent of the Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society and Secretary to the Fruit Committee. This is the “Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged”, published in 1892.
Sub-title: “Mediaeval Latin students’ songs now first translated into English verse with an essay by John Addington Symonds.”
An amusing slant on the subject of wine, with many anecdotes, poems, tales etc.
This was the first book produced by the author who went on to produce Facts about Champagne and Facts about Port and Madeira.
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