The book of household management

Mrs Beeton's book was intended as a 'guide to cookery in all branches, daily duties, mistress & servant, hostess & guest, maketing, trussing & carving, menu making, home doctor, sick nursing, the nursery, home lawyer'. First published in 1861, it was a best-seller in Victorian England and Australia.

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