Abbotsford grate, 66

Abernethy biscuits, 210

Absinthe, 181

Accidents, 780

—— with boilers, 838

Accumulators, electric, 94

Acetate of soda stove, 82

Acetic acid poisoning, 793

Acid stains, removing, 553

Acne, 822

Aconite poisoning, 792

Addressing persons, 648

Administering medicine, 776

Aerated drinks, 171

Agnew pudding, 387

Agro dolce sauce, 460

Aim of exercise, 870

Air, cooling, 59

—— from hot-air furnaces, 76

—— of rooms, freshening, 56

—— pressure experiments, 673

—— pump ventilators, 58

——, purifying, 57

—— space necessary in rooms, 55

——, testing, 55, 518

——, warming fresh, 77

Airing infants, 748

—— rooms, 55

Ajo blanco, 509

Alabaster, cleaning, 536

Albanian dress, 735

Albert pudding, 387

Albo-carbon gas light, 92

Alcohol in feeding, 601

Alcoholic poisoning, 792

Ale, see Beer.

Alexandra cream, 771

—— ice pudding, 387

Alkaline poisons, 793

Alkermes cordial, 182

Almond bread, 210

—— cakes, 210

—— flavour, 478

—— Génoise pastry, 387

—— hardbake, 437

—— jumbles, 388

—— milk, 775

—— pastry, 388

—— pudding, 388

—— rice pudding, 388

—— savarin, 388

—— Savoy cake, 210

Almonds, 582

Aloes, 777

Alum, 778

Amateur theatricals, 654

Amazon bitters, 180

Amber pudding, 388

Ambrosia syrup, 176

American biscuits, 210

American dishes, 481

—— outfit, 727

—— stoves, 70

Ammonia poisoning, 793

Ammonio-citrate of iron, 778

Amnastich, 504

Anchovy butter, 271, 460

——, fried, 272

—— sandwiches, 272

—— toast, 272

—— with eggs and endive, 272

—— with olives, 272

Angelica cordial, 182

—— ratafia, 182

Angels’ food, 388

Angels on horseback, 288

Angostura bitters, 180

Animal charcoal as a filter, 24

—— foods, 591

Anise liqueur, 182

Anise-seed cordial, 182

Anisette cordial, 182

Answering invitations, 650

Antidotes to poisons, 792

Anti-fat diet, 595

Antimonial wine, 778

Antimony poisoning, 793

Ants, destroying, 557

Appert’s translucent glass, 56

Apple and currant soup, 247

—— —— quince tart, 389

—— brandy, 182

—— bread, 210

—— cake, 389

—— Charlotte, 389

—— chips, 565

—— chutney, 132

—— compote, 389

—— cordial, 189

—— cream cakes, 389

—— custard, 390

—— devil, 390

—— dumplings, 390

—— flavour, 478

—— fool, 390

—— ginger, 138, 391

—— jam, 139

—— jelly, 139

—— marmalade, 139

—— pudding, 391

—— rings, 391

—— roly-poly, 392

—— sauce, 460

—— snow, 392

—— soup, 247

—— syrup, 176

—— tart, 392

—— wine, 191

Apples, 565, 566, 568, 569, 574, 576, 577, 579, 582

—— and tapioca, 389

——, baked, 389

——, keeping, 114, 115, 116

——, stewed, 392

Apricot cake, 393

—— chartreuse, 393

—— cream, 393

—— flavour, 478

—— omelet, 393, 454

—— sauce, 460

—— toast, 393

—— wine, 191

Apricots, 569, 572, 574

——, keeping, 121

April gardening, 932

—— markets, 569

Argand gas burners, 87

Armchair, 98

Arnotto for colouring cheese, 159

Arnott’s stove, 70

—— ventilator for ranges, 226

Aromatic bitters, 180

—— chalk, 778

—— wine-bitters, 182

Arrowroot, 772

—— blancmange, 393

—— pudding, 394

—— shape, 394

Arsenic poisoning, 793

Artichoke salad, 383

—— soup, 247

Artichokes, 568, 573, 576, 579, 582

—— and eggs, 450

——, boiled, 371

——, fried, 372

——, Jerusalem, 376

——, keeping, 117

——, stewed, 372

——, stuffed, 372

Artificial feeding, 598

Asbestos, incandescent, 77

Ashpits, disinfecting, 50

Asparagus, 484, 568, 569, 570, 572

——, boiled, 372

——, keeping, 117

—— salad, 383

—— soup, 247

Aspect compass, 3

—— for dwellings, 2

Asphalte tennis courts, 881

Aspic jelly, 367

Asuree, 511

Atkins’s filters, 27

Aubergines, 579

August gardening, 934

—— markets, 574

Aunt Eleanor’s tartlets, 394

Australian outfit, 722

Austrian dress, 728

Autumn milk, 156


Baba, 394

Babies’ clothing, 746

Bacalao, 510

Backboard for electric bell, 106

Back-to-back houses, 7

Bacon, boiled, 331

——, broiled, 332

——, buying, 575

—— fat, 332

——, fried, 332

——, salting, 125

——, spiced, 125

—— with cabbage, 331

—— —— potatoes, 331

—— —— spinach, 332

Bacon’s high-pressure heating system, 81

Bacteria in water, 23

Baden-Baden pudding, 394

Badminton (drink), 191

—— (game), 872

Bailey-Denton’s cistern filter, 33

Bailey’s oven pyrometer, 207

Bain marie, 242

Bakers’ ovens, 207

—— pyrometer, 207

Bakewell pudding, 394

Baking bread, 207

—— fish, 268

—— ovens in ranges, 222

Balcony pipes, 49

Baldness, 707, 809

Balm wine, 191

Banana syrup, 176

Banbury cake, 210

Bandaging, 783

Barbel, 580

——, broiled, 272

——, roast, 272

Barberries, preserved, 139

Barley gruel, 410

—— milk, 776

—— soup, 247

—— sugar, 437

—— water, 191, 775

Barm, 207

Barrel stand, 168

Barreling wine, 190

Barrels, cleaning, 169

Barszcz soup, 261, 506

Basement sinks, 50

—— walls, 96

Basting, 241

Bath buns, 211

—— cake, 211

—— chaps, 125

Bath, water apertures in, 49

Bathing, 828

—— dresses, 718

—— rules, 830

Bathroom, 49, 828

——, situation, 49

—— waste, 49

Batter-cream soup, 247

——, frying, 407

—— pudding, 395

Battery for electric bell, 102

Bean soup, 256

Beans, 582

——, broad, boiled, 372

——, French, 375

——, haricot, 375

——, keeping, 114, 118

Becaficos, 571

Béchamel sauce, 460

Bedclothes, 702

Bedding, disinfecting, 818

Bedfellows, 703

Bed of sickroom, 758

Bed rests, 760

Bedroom, 699

——, aspect for, 3

—— carpets, 101

—— cupboard, 98

—— curtains, 98, 101

——, decorating, 101

—— fire economiser, 64

—— floors, 101

——, furnishing, 101

—— furniture, 98

——, servants’, 700

—— suite, 99

—— walls, 101

——, warming, 699

—— woodwork, 101

Beds, 701

——, airing, 760

——, making, 702

——, position of, 760

Bedsteads, 98, 101, 700

Bed table, 760

Bed ticks, cleaning, 549

Beef, 309

—— à la financière, 309

—— à la macédoine, 309

—— à la mode, 309

—— à la Napolitaine, 309

——, boiled, 309

——, braised, 310

——, brasciolette, 310

——, bubble and squeak, 310

——, buying, 563, 565, 567

——, carving, 622

——, collared, 125

——, corned, 125

—— croquettes, 311

——, fillet, 311

——, frizzled, 311

——, Hamburgh, 127

—— hams, 125

—— hash, 311

——, hung, 311

——, Hungarian, 128

—— kidney, 311

——, minced collops, 311

——, mock brawn, 312

—— pot au feu, 313

——, potted, 125, 313

——, pressed, 313

——, roast, 314

——, salt, 314

——, salting, 125

——, scalloped, 314

——, spiced, 126, 314

—— tea, 258, 316, 771

—— tournedos, 316

—— vinaigrette, 316

Beefsteak à la Bordelaise, 315

—— pie, 315

—— pudding, 315

——, stewed, 315

Beer, 179

——, bottling, 179

——, brightening cloudy, 179

——, finings for, 180

——, restoring sour, 180

—— soup, 247, 489

——, summer, 179

Bees, keeping, 928

Beetroot, 565, 582

——, baked, 372

—— beer, 191

——, boiled, 372

——, preserving, 139

—— salad, 383

—— with cream sauce, 372

Belgian dishes, 484

Bell and telephone, 103

Belladonna liniment, 778

—— poisoning, 792

Bells, 102

Bells, electric, 102

Bell traps, 39, 45, 50

Bell-wire pipes, 49, 102

Bell wires, 102

Belts, 711

Benches, 862

Benzol poisoning, 792

Bernays’s manganese filter, 29

Bethlehem dress, 742

Bézique, Polish, 686

Bhartas, 495

Bicarbonate of potash, 778

—— —— soda, 778

Bichromate of potash poisoning, 793

—— pile, 93

Bilberry wine, 192

Billiard room, aspect for, 3

Bills of fare, dinners, 635

Bins for wine, 190

Birch wine, 192

Birds’-nests soup, 247

Bischof’s spongy iron filter, 30

Biscuit charlotte, 395

—— powder, 211

Biscuits, 210

——, Abernethy, 210

——, American, 210

——, Brighton, 212

——, buttered, 212

——, Captain’s, 212

——, cracknel, 212

——, drop, 213

——, filbert, 213

——, lemon, 214

——, macaroons, 214

——, Naples,