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100 1 _aCobbett, Anne,
_d1795-1877
245 1 4 _aThe English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management :
_bContaining advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-08-09
508 _aProduced by Emmy, MWS, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management" by Anne Cobbett is a practical guide to domestic management written in the mid-19th century. This work serves as a manual for young ladies entering housekeeping, providing instruction on various aspects of household management including cooking, organizing, and maintaining a household effectively. The author emphasizes the importance of practical knowledge in managing a home efficiently, particularly for women of moderate means. The opening of the book outlines the author's goals in providing helpful advice for young housekeepers, particularly in a time when the women of her era may be lacking in essential domestic skills. Cobbett discusses the significance of practical experience over academic learning, lamenting that many young women are ill-prepared for domestic responsibilities due to current educational practices. She emphasizes the value of homemaking skills, from managing finances to culinary practices, and criticizes the societal shift away from these practical arts, thereby setting the stage for the detailed guidance that follows in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCooking, English
653 _aHousekeeping -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55314
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