The housekeeper's oracle; or, art of domestic management. Containing a complete system of carving with accuracy and elegance : hints relative to dinner parties the art of managing servants and the economist and epicure's calendar ... / [Preface by the late William Kitchiner].

  • Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.
Date:
1829
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The housekeeper's oracle; or, art of domestic management. Containing a complete system of carving with accuracy and elegance : hints relative to dinner parties the art of managing servants and the economist and epicure's calendar ... / [Preface by the late William Kitchiner]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. The Housekeeper’s Oracle was intended by the late Dr. Kitchiner to have been a Companion to the Cook’s Oracle, and to supply that information to young persons of all classes, which the nature of the latter work necessarily precluded. I trust his endeavour has been successful. The object was to guard young housewives against the impositions — of dishonest servants, or the extortions of—extravagant tradespeople; and it is hoped such knowledge will not be too dearly- bought by the purchase of this little Volume. W. B. Kitchiner. Albany, 1829.