Handbook of housekeeping for small incomes / by Florence Stacpoole.

  • Stacpoole, Florence.
Date:
[1897?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Handbook of housekeeping for small incomes / by Florence Stacpoole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMPACT AND PRACTICAL. In Limp Cloth ; for the Pocket. Price One Shilling. THE EUROPEAN CONVERSATION BOOKS. Hints to Travellers—Everyday Expressions—Arriving at and Leaving a Railway Station—Custom House Enquiries—In a Train—At a Buffet and Restaurant—At an Hotel—Paying an Hotel Bill—Enquiries in a Town—On Board Ship—Embarking and Disembarking—Excursion by Carriage—Enquiries as to Diligences—Enquiries as to Boats—Engaging Apartments— Washing List and Days of Week—Restaurant Vocabulary- Telegrams and Letters, etc., etc. The contents of these little handbooks are so arranged as to permit direct and immediate reference. All dialogues or enquiries not considered absolutely essential have been purposely excluded, nothing being introduced which might confuse the traveller rather than assist him. A few hints are given in the introduction which will be found valuable to those unaccustomed to foreign travel. FRENCH SPANISH ITALIAN GERMAN NORWEGIAN CONTENTS.