Chapter II: Preface: 3

CONTENTS 5

PART I.

HOME AND ITS EMPLOYMENTS.

House Cleaning--Repairing Furniture--Cleaning Stoves and
Grates--Mending Glass, China, &c.--Coloring and Polishing
Furniture, &c.--Removing unpleasant Odors--Fires--Water and
Cisterns--Carriages and Harness--Washing--To remove Stains--To
clean Silks, Lace, &c.--Paste, Glue, and Cement--Dyeing--Blacking
for Boots, Shoes, &c.--To destroy Insects--The
Kitchen, &c. _Page 9 to 88_

PART II.

HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Rules for the preservation of Health--Simple Recipes efficacious
in common diseases and slight injuries--Burns and Scalds--Fevers
--Plasters, Blisters, Ointments, &c.--Poisons and Antidotes--Baths
and Bathing--The Toilet, or hints for the preservation
of Beauty--The Dressing-Table _Page 89 to 150_

PART III.

HOME PURSUITS AND DOMESTIC ARTS.

Needle-work--Explanation of Stitches--Preparation of House-Linen
--Patchwork--Silk Embroidery--Fancy-work--Ink--Birds,
Fish, Flowers, &c.--House-Plants--Window-Plants--To
manage a Watch _Page 151 to 187_

PART IV.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND OTHER MATTERS WORTH KNOWING.

Teas--Coffee--Various Recipes for making Essences, &c.--Preserving
Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs, &c.--Hints to Farmers--Management
of a Horse--Raising Poultry--Preservation from
Fire--Drowning--Suffocation--Thunderstorms _Page 188 to 209_

PART V.

MISTRESS, MOTHER, NURSE, AND MAID.

Of the Table--On the management of Infants, young Children,
and the Sick--Qualifications of a good Nurse--Food for the Sick
and for Children--Drinks for the Sick--Simple mixtures--Rules
for Women Servants _Page 210 to 264_

PART VI.

HINTS ABOUT AGRICULTURE, GARDENING, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, &c.

Manure--Soil--Hay--Grains--Vegetables--To destroy Insects--Vermin
--Weeds--Cows, Calves, Sheep, &c.--Gardening--The
Orchard--Timber--Building--Bees _Page 265 to 318_

PART VII.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Choice and cheap Cookery--New Receipts--Southern Dishes--Cakes,
Bread, Pies, and Puddings--Home-made Wines, Mead,
Nectar, &c.--Washing--Hints on Diet, Exercise, and Economy
--Painting--Books--Periodicals and Newspapers _Page 319 to 384_

PART VIII.

ELEGANT AND INGENIOUS ARTS.

Water-Colors used in Drawing--Directions for mixing Colors--Wash
Colors for Maps--To paint Flowers, Birds, Landscapes,
&c., in Water-Colors--Potichomanie--Grecian Painting--Diaphanic
Feather Flowers--Sea-Weeds--Botanical Specimens, Leaf
Impressions, &c.--Transferring to Glass, Wood, &c.--Emblematic
Stones--Staining Stone, Wood, &c.--Ornamental Leather work--Dyeing
--Games--Evening Pastime _Page 385 to 431_

PART IX.

WORK IN DOORS AND OUT.

Household maxims--Household receipts for many things--Care
of Furs--Wise economy--Things to know--Cleanliness--Prevention
of accidents--Domestic hints--More hints on Agriculture--Cattle
--Gardening--Drying Herbs--Properties and uses of Vegetables
--Vegetables to cultivate--Fruit Trees and Fruit--Vermin
on Trees _Page 431 to 484_

PART X.

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Dress of Ladies--Dress of a Gentleman--Manners--Rules of
Etiquette--Dinner Parties--Balls and Evening Parties--Courtship
and Marriage--Marriage Ceremony--After Marriage--Directions
to a Wife--Directions to a Husband--Our House--Conversation--Rules
of Conduct _Page 484 to 533_

PART XI.

HEALTH AND WEALTH.

Preservation of Health--Baths--Exercise--Terms expressing the
properties of medicines--Ointments and Cerates--Embrocations
and Liniments--Enemas--Poultices--Special rules for the prevention
of Cholera--Rules for a Sick Room--Domestic Surgery--Bandages
--Riches--Temperance--Way to Wealth _Page 533 to 590_

PART XII.

THE FAMILY AT HOME.

A good Table--Bread, &c.--Meats--Vegetables--Household
management--Beverages--Useful Receipts for Family Practice
--Miscellaneous Receipts, Rules, &c.--Dietetic maxims--Hints
to Mechanics and Workmen--Maxims and Morals for all Men--Home
Industry for Young Ladies--Pets--Swimming--Riding--Home
Counsels--Parlor Amusements--The training of Daughters,
&c.--Sentiments of Flowers--Signs of the Weather--Air--Its
effects on Life--Importance of Laws--Phrenology--Synopsis of
American History--Words of Washington--Useful Family
Tables _Page 590 to 699_

MRS. HALE'S

RECEIPTS FOR THE MILLION,

CONTAINING

FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE

RECEIPTS, FACTS, ETC.