The modern housewife, or, Ménagère
Subtitle: comprising nearly one thousand receipts for the economic and judicious preparation of every meal of the day, with those of the nursery and sick room, and minute directions for family management in all its branches
By: by Alexis Soyer, author of "The gastronomic regenerator" (Reform Club) ; illustrated with engravings, including the modern housewife's unique kitchen, and magic stove
Contributors: Hall, Henry Bryan, active 1850-1900, engraver; Simpkin, Marshall and Co
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., Stationers' Hall Court; Ollivier, Pall Mall
Published: 1849
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
Subjects: English Cooking
Other titles: Modern housewife; Ménagère
Notes: Frontispiece portrait engraved by H.B. Hall from the original drawing by the late Madame Soyer.

Includes index.

Advertisements: [13] pages at end.

Bitting, K.G.  Gastronomic bib., page 443