The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-08 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.

But what wiii these ten millions of females say when they
learn that Queeniiotoria, the highest gentlewoman in the
land, did, down to the lamented death of the Prince, pay
daily visits of inspection of her kitchen, pantry, and confec-
tionary, and still-room, and wa' proud of, and did herself
show those rooms to her visitors when staying at the Castle;
and, carrying out the recognised principle of female duty,
model kitchens were constructed at Windsor and Osborne,
where all the princesses, from the eldest downwards, have
passed a portion of oach day in acquiring a know!edge of the
various duties of domestic economy in the management of
a household. In their model kitchen the princesses have
daily practised the art of cookery and also confectionary in
all its various branches. There is a small store-room ad-
joining each kitchen, where each princess in turn gives out
the stores, weighing or measuring each article, and making
an entry thereof in a book kept for the purpose ; besides
which, the princesses make bread ; an-1 that is not all, they
have a dairy where they churn butter and make cheese.

Among the miscellaneous nutters here introduced
as bearing upon the subject of female education, is
an extract of a speech of Lord Brougham at the
National Science Congress in 1862, in which his
lordship pays a very beautiful tribute to the useful
labours of the Sisters of Charity. A 3 every reformer
has a particular panacea of his own, so in the opi-
nion of the author of this dissertation on " The
Gentlewoman," the true remedy for all the deficiencies
and difficulties of the ladies and poor ladies of the
day, is to be found in the Model Kitchen, pictures
of which, and various recipes well adapted for
which, are contained in the latter portion of the
book. Many of these recipes will no doubt prove

highly acceptable to the fair reader, especially tilh°scll
temptingly entitled " Inexpensive trifles Oitiis
prevent the master of the mansion going °
club)." After quoting which we need suretly est;
no more to commend this " Gentlewoman" i° t
attention of her fair namesakes.

Pictures of the Past :
________
William Bradfield. Longman and Co. s
The author of these unpretending little Ever%
,I oat of the
tells us that he especially delights in
way places," "nut of the way books, and "a
3 1001
of the way lore of every kind." " all
walk," he says, have I taken to view :Ole oil
ruin or some famous site ; many a pleas Ant 110 6
have I passed over some ancient book' V.- tailed
and other Poems. DI
time courted the quaint relations of old fas ici.l:lo
people—anything out-of-the-way has ever V. e,,,
op 01.01/..
an attraction, a pleastre, a passion,
when connected with my native count
hamshire." After this introduction we 103 to
surprised to find among the poems which 1111 the
pages of this volume old legends, such ,I3,„res
Stoneman and Robin Hood's Stride, and Inc—
of old places, such as St. Ann's Well, 8z;e•
county
Ott

iv lief
Orpah's _Return, and other Poems.
Alfred Hills. One Vol. Pp. 123. 115 rd ;,idby
The first littlepoem in this voluerted hcsliii "tter
me is tragges-8 of
the melancholy return to her des
Orpah, the sister-in-law of Ruth, when the
itloy
had followed their motheir in her exile' for
other interesting themes have been selected
by
versification, among others the incident recoralrd,
Mrs. Jameson, when the fair sister of St. Ber° her
attired in gorgeous array, and surrounded 1100
attendants, visited her brother's abbey of Clairlo:,
and the abbot, scandalised by her pride shoed6ol
refused to see her, and bade her return 4, ols
imitate her mother. This sister became afte,i,-Errot
a.model of humility and piety. While there ''''
vigour evidenced in some of the descrip • tive!,oo
sages, as in the delineation of the boar.
Deathgills
of Atys," we cannot congratulate •Mt
" he
upon bag
any very great poetic ability which -;005
displayed
in the composition of the variuse
here collected.

J3C
The Pearl of the Rhone: and other P°e,lll,7:—,:il I''
William Duthie, authorof a " Travois "e.
e
Hardwicke. upeored
The author of these poems has alreall
ti' bed
in prose. He has now for the first tim Pd-:301Y
a volume of poems, some of which have slrei-;
peared in the magazines. As a first ei3s.i,"oiciS
collection is full of promise; there is 000
sweetness about the verses contained i° th' 1
9
which a presents a pleasing contrast to 0311r;0fer,
works we have recently had occasion to
t

t(l*
The King's Bell. By Richard Henri St°c1(111
Pickering.
story,
This is a very charming le ssiltil
verY P- 6006
tolu in verse of a certain King Feliic, s'in°l g ifiel
pridea and joy of youth, erected a gilded beerly-rlialhol
day."bell of wondrous tone to ling ' en el,„; ld '' '
He prophesied that his people "-ere do/
deafened by the chime,'' expecting that -
ere 01
of his life he should indeed be "as °PPdes°
King." Alas, experience teaches 0 ci droe
lesson, and it is not till his lifeless lin° stuff
powerless by his side that the silken or
d is.°
and the "King's Bell" of joy rings forth'

61 TV
Poems. By B. H. Farquhar, Other °Critool/1'
ec.obOtaniebsVoal.
Days,"
eaaxorfpet
rr
emus
soeosmeradaenl,
dmainbs
miscellaneous
luirtseibli iuegoi ions Poems'
versesu rgehet:cBo'ero:u :oil:
rd:ii
oleo:,
'vl; r 13)". 2 °Pt asiPg
addedrt::
glance over its
dedicated to Mary Howitt. It is Prett'„log.
pages,ma yb
we hgi Cella naerde Cr elli ; igtivrti cbeef: 0111
and well suited for a gift-book for the Ye—
. PP'
Historical Odes and other Poems. pp•
P ' .
Watson Dixon, M.A. One V°l" '' sa
Smith, Elder, and Co. tOO,
~ Wellill of ill°
The first poem in this volume,
Historical Ode," gives a spirited sun:o°,l . it 16
idler ) alp
'ix
i enPegaTet
which
nii ahyoyri
nal ° f
little D a 37
work
chief events in the career of the great el°, 00'0°11
followed by a companion sketch of I‘l3ral tille,h-o
The minor pieces, contrary to the genet" it to 1"
such collections, are greatly inferior ill Merit
more elaborate first piece. ,00
scy,
—— Oro 01,
The Preparation and Mounting of '''"l 17,)
By Thomas Davies. One
detect
P
Objects.
Hurdwicke. (krea
The author of this little Handbook hag reeui-atilf;
an essential service to the scienOcteopeetitito
Hitherto, he reminds us, all informatien to ollieco
the preparation and mounting of iniereB6)tPory el1114;8
has been only discoverable in supPletneancope. tol
ters to various works upon the Ellier%OhillieB,,,cl
information thus scattered in different '" sheev
has here collected and given in a clear andof his to,
ova
form, together with the practical results 0 oist
or,
and others' experience. It is intended tt, ava eo
beginner as well as the advanced et
tudelthos Pe
art b•
cordingly the very rudiments of the
very judiciously explained.
of ',Tbe
--- r
The Wars of Wapsburgh. By the Atitil°
Heir of Redclyffe." Groohrcige; g
,i i,iaeiri:f
51
ta
The talented and popular author of ' w0r10,06
Redclyffe" and many other charrnia otiog ood
here exercised her ingenuity in eenetril vete
¢s
so
elaborate allegorical history of Qiiireettuo beiltiot
the domain of Wapsburgh—Queellt,tbarg,bi't 0°
other than a Queen Wasp, and " eroderfa" 00
Pyg OP: iit
:hruf sum'l aracenhaded reader. mi
l le
home.
The story is w? evacts
tiii"
---- t Sllt% Of'
New edition. One Vol., pp.
Household Education. By
parrs-itbr '
.
puzzle while it In
carte
and Co. OIL° Der.
The very admirable essays of Sari tioo or° 0
upon household habits and home ede°lo, it, of
collected in a cheap and poplar for flesll 4
as
work which should be studied b 7 the
vie° tf
5 A °VI
every Household, so much judici° rioss log
practical teaching is contained in its lof Os tbe
ters, from those which treat of the nartsfileito of
to others which relate to intellectual
01:iiticiAll
000
development of the faculties and the
_,OOll
good habits. There is much sober eu`"
Of
in the homely advice here given' 61'
—_—.
ayat 0)1°71
The Children's Party ; or, a D.-.,
i, ill°°'
Cousin Helen. partridgeetti,., 0.,
y r is i
This pretty little volume, vet ,e toles 1 joolis
trated, contains some half-dozen litti. e goo, op
and verse, likely to find favour insten Ye at %Vl'
f '1 01.
and nursery. Upland Hall, the ~.uwer, . Oa
Little Mary's Dream, the Cabine.t7as opCnitleo Ol
mamma's present and the WO' It the t biaer
lastly, the Partridge's Ball--anll, lit't ethe °I/Jed itl,
fiogers " na 1410
the various tales, in one of whic ' trap
drawer, a prying boy has his ,juot ; e too 0
a secret drawer of a forbidden ea" t°f
led witli
t
other,horse awhcirlueehl
isbokyinrdeecreibvreos
Oct
live pony ! stuitht
.......----- red
Whist Studies. By A. C. Co.B. 9' tse t
oo o
and C pre face o°l ;
This little book contains in tile be lea ,gol
efit of t c tlO le
judicious advice for the ben
the body e',l oat° oo•
inexperienced whist
being filled with a series of g`t_udish, thatlttl 'ol° of
according to the system of Cilv d`
ow, jo o
player,
m es vi,yeOci jo illrio
tli
tration of the principles laid
uei the teen by' di
As no theoretical advice lesson
eq uggest 001 a"
lessons s ore 'as
tl:erPriessertlesented
practical evidence, the Sound In tioa•
games here described will be lu, disserta do
1 hour a Goole
instructive than many al 131
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bles 21. See AI. mo.
Old Saws Newly Set, Fa li. C. ,Ilei, goo
Linley, the Younger' s fables r„ The; go•
A collection of world-fainen fimob, win, oreet
such as." The Wolf and to
and the .th riot to
66 The Sell tea °I 01°6 0
and Tortoise," re West° h dieP 00'
Many of these fables a „houg
and the little collection, l"''',:), itj vel',.oog.
e.. 1 the Yu 10°
great merit in the lilann-',„. with uriti
• The Bailway lvews states
evepi,
likely to be a_favon_riteev,:et:i_ba_t
0-01.--cleostit;cotoff
tons of crinoline steels Are
_siiwsi wo
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire It