Excerpt from Lessons in Cookery: Prepared for the First Mission School of Cookery and Housework, and for Use in the Public Schools There IS nothing in these lessons which will be new to any experienced housekeeper; for I have merely tried to arrange as clearly and concisely as possible some of the more important facts and principles of practical cookery, in such a form as would best impressthem upon the minds of the pupils If these are fixed in their memories while they are young, they will never be entirely forgotten, even if not put immediately into practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.