600
—— au gratin, 451
——, baked, 452
——, buttered, 452
——, choosing, 572
——, curried, 452
——, devilled, 453
—— en matelote, 453
——, forced, 453
——, formation of, 920
——, fried, 453
—— in cases, 454
——, keeping, 113, 118
——, laying, 921
——, omelets, 454
——, packing, 924
——, poached, 457
——, savoury, 458
——, scalloped, 458
——, Scotch, 458
——, scrambled, 458
——, setting, 921
——, stewed, 459
——, stuffed, 459
—— sur plat, 459
——, Swiss, 459
——, testing, 922
Egyptian pudding, 405
Eingemacht melonen, 120
Elder chutney, 133
—— ketchup, 134
Elderberry wine, 197
Elder-flower wine, 197
Electric bell, circuit closer, 103
—— —— making, 106
—— —— wire, 102
—— bells, 102
—— coil, 765
—— lighting, 93
—— ——, accumulators, 94
—— ——, arrangement, 93
—— ——, bichromate pile, 93
—— ——, cut-outs, 95
—— ——, globes, 95
—— ——, lamps, 94
—— ——, switches, 95
—— motors, 953
Electro-magnet for bell, 106
Elixir vitæ cordial, 185
Ellis’s cabinet Turkish bath, 832
Elva, 512
Emerald green poisoning, 793
Emergencies, 780
Empress rice, 429
Enamelled saucepans, 238
Endive, 565, 570, 572, 582
—— salad, 384
Enemas, 764
Enemata, 764
English butter inferior, 157
—— rarebit, 449
Entrées, eating, 633
Epicurean sauce, 467
Epsom salts, 778
Eruptions, febrile, 813
Erysipelas, 813
Escaping from fire, 109
Essence bitters, 181
—— of bark, 778
—— —— camphor, 778
—— —— cedrat, 178
—— —— ginger, 778
—— —— lemons, 178
—— —— orange, 178
—— —— peppermint, 778
—— —— raspberry, 179
—— —— strawberry, 179
Essences for aerated waters, 178
Essential oil of almonds poisoning, 792
Etena zarvatte, 512
Ether poisoning, 792
Etiquette of dining, 633
—— —— drawing room, 648
—— —— luncheons, 641
—— —— teas, 642
Etna cement, 233
Eton pudding, 405
Eureka gas cooker, 235
—— oil stove, 79
Evening milk, 156
Evils of brick drains, 52
Excluding draughts, 56
Excreta, disinfecting, 817
Excuses, making, 651
Executions by axe or guillotine, 683
Exercise, aim of, 870
—— and feeding, 602
——, regulation of, 871
Exercising infants, 748
Expectorants for coughs, 802
Explosions of lamps, 84
Extinguishing fire, 109
Extract Bishop cordial, 185
—— punch cordial, 186
Eye complaints, 808
Face paints, 654
Fainting, 790
Fairy butter, 467
Falkland pudding, 405
Fancy breads, 210
—— dresses, 728
Farls, 215
Farmyard, 907
——, books, 929
Fat, keeping, 112
—— rascals, 405
Fattening, 602
Faubonne soup, 267
Faults in drains, 54
Feather beds, 701
Feathers, 98
—— cleaning, 522
February gardening, 931
—— markets, 565
Feeding, 583
——, artificial, 598
—— bottles, 751
—— children, 750
—— patients, 768
Feeding the weak, 597
Feet, cold, 798
Felt roof, 6
Fenders, cleaning, 523
Fennel sauce, 467
Fermentation of fruit syrups, preventing, 175
Fermenting wine, 190
Ferments in cheese, 161
Fevers, 813
Fig pudding, 405
Figs, 574
——, keeping, 118
——, preserved, 142
Filbert biscuits, 213
Filter, pail, 26
Filtering cisterns, 33
—— tank for rain-water, 16
—— ventilators, 57
—— water, 16, 23
Filters, animal charcoal, 21, 27
——, carbo-calcis, 29
——, care of, 24
——, charcoal, 27
——, construction of, 26
——, gravel and sand, 26
——, iron, 30
——, magnetic carbide, 29
——, manganese-charcoal, 29
——, neglect of, 24
——, objects of, 25
——, porous pottery, 32
——, silicated carbon, 28
——, spongy iron, 24, 30
——, wood charcoal, 23, 27
Filtration, objects of, 25
Fine drawing, 895
—— herbs sauce, 467
Finger glasses, 635
Finings for beer, 180
Fire accidents, 111
——, causes of, 108
——, checking, 109
——, detection, 109
——, escaping from, 109
——, extinguishing, 109
—— for ventilation, 55
—— in sick room, 755
—— insurance, 962
—— lighting, 64
——, saving life at, 110
—— scenes, 659
Firearms, cleaning, 523
Fire-bricks, 232
Fireproof cement, 232
Fireproofing garments, 111
Fish, 268
——, as food, 599
——, baking, 268
——, boiling, 268
——, broiling, 268
——, boudin, 269
——, bouillabaisse, 269
——, buying, 565, 566, 567, 569, 570 571, 573, 575, 578, 580, 582
—— cakes, 269
——, carving, 620
——, chowder, 270
—— croquettes, 270
—— curry, 270
—— cutlets, 270
——, dressing, 263
——, eating, 633
——, fried, 505
——, frying, 268
—— jelly, 270
——, keeping, 113
—— moolie, 270, 499
—— omelet, 270
—— patties, 271
——, pickled, 503
—— pilau, 500
—— pudding, 271
——, pulled, 271
—— quenelles, 271
—— roe sauce, 482
—— salad, 271, 384
—— sauce, 467
——, smoking, 124
—— stewed with egg and lemon sauce, 505
——, stewing, 269
—— stock, 246
—— toast, 271
Fisherwoman of Zuider Zee dress, 723
Fits, 790
Fixtures, law of, 957
Flag floors, 7
Flamande sauce, 484
Flannel patch, 892
—— strengthening patch, 892
Flannels, cleaning, 549
Flap-trap in drains, 54
Flat flame gas burners, 87
Flats, pipes from, 49
Flavours, 478
Fleas, destroying, 558
Flemish costume, 742
—— soup, 254
Fletcher’s gas cooker, 236
Flickering gas, 85
Flies, destroying, 558
Floating bodies, experiments with, 673
Flock-paper, 97
Floods, precautions after, 54
——, wells contaminated by, 55
Floor, bedroom, 101, 699
—— coverings, 96
——, dairy, 154
——, nursery, 746
Floorcloth, 97
——, cleaning, 524
——, washing, 97
Floors, 96
——, cleaning, 527
——, concrete, 7
——, dancing, 651
——, flag, 7
—— of dwellings, 7
——, stained, 96
——, stopping chinks in, 56
—— tile, 7
——, varnished wood, 7
——, varnishing, 96
——, wood, 7
Flounder, 279
——, water souchet, 280
Flounders, buying, 565, 566, 569, 570, 571, 573
——, carving, 621
Flour, buying, 566
——, composition, 593
—— for bread, 208
—— gruel, 769
——, keeping, 114
Flower garden, 930
Flowers in bedroom, 700
Flues, 79
——, cleaning, 224
Flummery, 405, 427, 490
Flushing w.c.’s, 48
Fly, 514
Fly-paper poisoning, 793
Foam sauce, 472
Folding serviettes, 617
Fomentations, 763
Food, flesh-forming, 587
——, function, 586
——, heat-producing, 587
——, quality needed, 583
——, quantity needed, 583
Foods, animal, 591
——, curing, 123
——, digestibility, 589
——, grain, 592
——, infants’, 751
——, keeping fresh, 112
——, nutritive values, 588
——, sickroom, 768
——, smoking, 123
——, testing, 519
——, vegetable, 591
Fool’s parsley poisoning, 792
Football, 875
Fop dress, 735
Forced eggs, 453
Forcemeat, 468
—— balls, 259
—— for turkey, 368
Force-pump, 22
Foreign cheeses, 165
—— dishes, 481
—— nursemaids, 754
—— outfits, 722
—— school clothes, 717
—— schools, 868
Fou-fou soup, 514
Foul air from drains, 52
Foundation of dwellings, 4
Four-fruit ratafia, 186
Fowl, 347
——, boiled, 347
——, boning, 349, 350
——, braised drumsticks, 347
——, carving, 628
——, chaudfroid, 347
——, cold, 348
——, country captain, 348
——, curried, 348
—— cutlets, 348
——, devilled, 349
——, fillets, 349
——, fricassée, 349
——, galantine, 350
——, grilled legs, 351
——, old hen, 351
——, panada, 352
—— pilau, 501
——, poos-pass, 352
——, roast, 352
—— salad, 352
—— soufflé, 353
——, stewed, 353
——, stuffed, 511
——, timballe, 353
——, vol au vent, 353
Fowls, breeds, 919
——, buying, 565, 566, 569, 570, 571, 573, 578, 580, 581
——, chickens, 923
——, fatting, 923
——, formation of egg, 920
——, house, 919
——, incubators, 922
——, laying, 921
——, packing eggs, 924
——, setting eggs, 921
——, sitting, 922
——, testing eggs, 922
Foxglove poisoning, 792
Frames, cleaning, 545
France, cheese-making in, 163
Franchise, 962
Freezing-machines, 440
—— -powders, 440
French bean salad, 384
—— beans, 375, 569, 573, 574
—— ——, keeping, 114, 118
—— cognac bitters, 181
—— Farmer’s wife dress, 745
—— lady of Henry I. dress, 742
—— pie, 406
—— plums, 582
—— rolls, 213
—— soup, 254
Fresh air, 55
—— ——, warming, 77
Freshening air of rooms, 56
Friar’s balsam, 778
Fricadel, 490
Friesland dress, 735
Frieze,