The American Housewife Cook Book. Parts I & II.
Philadelphia: George T. Lewis and Menzies Company, 1880. Octavo, 356, xxviii, [2] pages. First complete edition, second printing. Part I alone was issued in 1877, with 212 pages. A good general guide for the housewife, with household remedies as well as recipes, produced by the publisher whose main line of business was household and industrial chemicals. The author has a rather low view of much cooking in America, stating that.....