ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING
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IN AN EDITION ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR THE WORLD-WIDE WEB, By A GENTLEMAN.
“Whether you wish to model a flower in wax; to study the rules of etiquette; to serve relish for breakfast or supper; to plan a dinner for a large party or a small one; to cure a headache; to make a will; to get married; to bury a relative; whatever you may wish to do, make, or to enjoy, provided your desire has relation to the necessities of domestic life, I hope you will not fail to ’Enquire Within.’” —Editor.
This is an online version of the famed Victorian self-help guide (1884 edition). Currently about 1/3 of the book is available for browsing. Search facilities may appear once the whole book is online.
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1. Choice of Articles of Food.
27. Names and Situations of the Various Joints.
28. Meats.
29. Relative Economy of the Joints.
30. Food in Season.
31. In Season in January.
32. In Season in February.
33. In Season in March.
34. In Season in April.
35. In Season in May.
36. In Season in June.
37. In Season in July.
38. In Season in August.
39. In Season in September.
40. In Season in October.
41. In Season in November.
42. In Season in December.
43. Drying Herbs.
44. Dr. Kitchiner’s Rules for Marketing.
45. The Family Circle
46. Evening Pastimes.
47. Acrostics.
48. Acrostics (Double).
49. Acrostics (Triple)
50. Anagrams
51. Arithmorems.
52. Charades
53. Charades (Acted).
54. Words
55. Chronograms or Chronographs
56. Conundrums.
57. Cryptography
58. Decapitations and Curtailments
59. Enigmas
60. Hidden Words.
61. Lipogram.
62. Logogriph.
63. Metagram
64. Palindrome
65. Puzzles
68. Diamond Puzzle.
69. Rebuses
70. Square Words.
71. Chess, Laws of.
72. Draughts, Rules of the Game.
73. Whist.
80. Cribbage.
91. All Fours
95. Loo.
101. Put.
105. Speculation
106. Connexions.
108. Matrimony.
109. Pope Joan.
110. Cassino.
113. Vingt-un.
117. Quadrille.
118. Ecarte.
120. Euchre
122. Bezique.
123. Mode of Playing.
130. Napoleon.
131. Picquet.
132. Poker, or Draw Poker
133. Lansquenet.
134. Quinze
135. Solitaire.
136. Backgammon.
137. Dominoes.
139. Quadrilles.
159. Terms used to Describe the Movements of Dances.
160. Scandal—Live it down.
161. Errors in Speaking.
181. Rules and Hints for Correct Speaking.
182. Pronunciation.
196. Rules of Pronunciation.
197. Proper Pronunciations of Words often Wrongly Pronounced.
198. Punctuation.
216. Conversation.
223. Composition.
236. Addresses of Letters.
237. Addresses of Persons of Rank and Distinction:-
246. Addresses of Petitions, &c.
247. To those who Write for the Press.
248.—Hints to those who have Pianofortes.
249. Gardening Operations for the Year.
275. Artificial Mushroom Beds.
276. Dwarf Plants.
277. To clear Rose Trees from Blight.
278. To prevent Mildew on all sorts of Trees.
279. Toads
280. Slugs and Snails
281. Traps for Snails.
282. Grubs
283. Caterpillars and Aphids.
284. Butterflies and Moths,
285. To prevent Destruction of Fruit Buds by Birds.
286. Wasps
287. Cure for Sting of Wasp or Bee.
288. To protect Dahlias from Earwigs.
289. To free Plants from Leaf-Lice.
290. A Moral.
291. Taking a House.
296. If you are about to Furnish a House,
297. Carpets.
306. In Choosing Paper for a Room,
307. The best Covering for a Kitchen Floor
308. Family Tool Chests.
329. Beds for the Poor.
330. To Preserve Tables.
331. Gilt Frames
332. Damp Walls.
334. Bedrooms
335. To get rid of a Bad Smell in a Room newly painted.
336. Smell of Paint.
337. If a Larder, by its Position,
338. To keep a Door open,
339. To Ascertain whether a Bed be Aired.
340. To prevent the Smoking of a Lamp.
341. Water
342. To Soften Hard Water,
343. Cabbage Water
344. A little Charcoal
345. Where a Chimney smokes
346. Ground Glass.
347. Family Clocks
348. Neat Mode of Soldering.
349. Maps and Charts.
350. Furniture
351. Paper Fire Screens
352. Pastilles for Burning.
353. Easy Method of Breaking Glass to any required Figure.
354. Bottling and Fining.
355. To Sweeten Casks.
356. Oil Paintings
357. To Loosen Glass Stoppers of Bottles.
358. The Best Oil for Lamps,
359. China Teapots
360. Care of Linen.
363. Cleansing of Furniture.
374. Carpets.
375. Cleaning Carpets.
376. Beat a Carpet
377. Sweeping Carpets.
378. A Half-worn Carpet
379. A Stair Carpet
380. Oilcloth
381. Straw Matting
382. Method of Cleaning Paper-Hangings.
383. Rosewood Furniture
384. Ottomans and Sofas,
385. Dining Tables
386. Mahogany Frames
387. To Clean Cane-bottom Chairs.
388. Alabaster.
389. To Clean Marble.
390. Glass
391. Glass Vessels,
392. Bottles.
393. Cleaning Japanned Waiters, Urns, &c.
394. Papier Maché
395. Brunswick Black for Varnishing Grates.
396. Blacking for Stoves
397. To Clean Knives and Forks.
398. For Cleaning Painted Wainscot
399. To Scour Boards.
400. Charcoal.
401. To take Stains out of Mahogany Furniture.
402. To take Ink-Stains out of Mahogany.
403. To remove Ink-Stains from Silver.
404. To take Ink-Stains out of a Coloured Table-Cover.
405. Ink Stains.
406. To take Ink out of Boards.
407. Oil or Grease
408. Marble may be Cleaned
409. Silver and Plated Wire
410. Bronzed Chandeliers, Lamps, &c.,
411. To Clean Brass Ornaments.
412. For Cleaning Brasses
413. Brasses, Britannia Metal, Tins, Coppers, &c.,
414. To preserve Steel Goods from Rust.
415. To keep Iron and Steel Goods from Rust.
416. Iron Wipers.
417. To Clean Looking-Glasses.
418. To Clean Mirrors, &c.
419. China and Glass.
425. To take Marking-Ink out of Linen.
426. To take Stains of Wine out of Linen.
427. Fruit Stains in Linen.
428. Mildewed Linen
429. To keep Moths, Beetles, &c., from Clothes.
430. Clothes Closets
431. To remove Stains from Floors.
432. Scouring Drops for removing Grease.
433. To take Grease out of Velvet or Cloth.
434. Medicine Stains
435. To Extract Grease Spots from Books or Paper.
437. To take Writing Ink out of Paper.
438. A Hint on Household Management.
439. Domestic Rules.
440. An Ever-dirty Hearth,
441. Economy.
471. Blacking for Leather Seats, &c.
472. Black Reviver for Black Cloth.
473. A Green Paint for Garden Stands, &c.,
474. Hints for Home Comfort.
475. Domestic Pharmacopœia.
476. Collyria, or Eye Washes.
485. Confections and Electuaries.
498. Decoctions.
502. Embrocations and Liniments.
510. Enemas.
519. Gargles.
527. Lotions.
541. Ointments and Cerates.
548. Pills.
555. Mixtures.
565. Drinks.
568. Powders.
578. Miscellaneous.
589. Diseases.
650. Prescriptions.
652. Medicines (Aperient).
659. Medicines.
666. Process of Making Medicine.
676. Precautions to be Observed in Giving Medicines.
689. Drugs, with their Properties and Doses.
691. General Stimulants.
692. Narcotics.
701. Antispasmodics.
714. Tonics.
720. Astringents.
728. Local Stimulants.
729. Emetics.
732. Cathartics.
750. Diuretics.
756. Diaphoretics.
761. Expectorants.
764. Sialogogues.
766. Epispastics and Rubefacients.
769. Chemical Remedies.
770. Refrigerants.
773. Antacids.
775. Antalkalies
778. Escharotics.
782. Medical Remedies.
783. Anthelmintics.
787. Demulcents.
794. Diluents.
795. Emollients.
796. Domestic Surgery.
797. Dressings.
811. Bandages.
835. Apparatus.
838. Minor Operations.
851.—Terms used to express the Properties of Medicines.
908. Special Rules for the Prevention of Cholera.
909. Rules for the Preservation of Health.
925. Homœopathy.
930. Treatment of Ailments by Homœopathy.
962. Signs of the Weather.
969. The Chemical Barometer.
970. Signification of Names.
973. Hints on the Barometer.
984. Cheap Fuel.
985. Economy of Fuel.
997. The “Parson’s” or Front Fire Grate.
998. Whenever Oil,
999. Candles
1000. In Lighting Candles
1001. Night Lights.
1002. Revolving Ovens.
1003. Yeast.
1004. Yeast.
1005. Economical Yeast.
1007. Home-made Bread.
1008. Indian Corn Flour and Wheaten Bread.
1009. To make Bread with German Yeast.
1010. Unfermented Bread.
1011. Baking Powders and Egg Powders.
1012. How to Use Baking Powder, &c.
1013. Bread (Cheap and Excellent).
1014. Economical and Nourishing Bread.
1015. A great increase on Home-made Bread,
1016. Rye and Wheat Flour,
1017. Potatoes in Bread.
1018. Use of Lime Water in making Bread.
1019. Rice Bread.
1020. Apple Bread.
1021. Pulled Bread.
1022. French Bread and Rolls.
1023. Rolls.
1024. Sally Lunn Tea Cakes.
1025. Cooking Instruments.
1032. Various Processes of Cooking.
1035. Roasting.
1048. Fillet of Veal
1064. Poultry, Game, &c.
1068. Boiling.
1080. Economy of Fat.
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