Household encyclopaedia [antikvár]

PREFACEThis Encyclopaedia is intended as a handy book of reference for the average household, and its present sale of over 250,000 copies shows that it has been found of inestimable value to housewives.The compilers, while endeavouring to include all that necessary and useful information which the housewife will require, have yet been limited to the scope of a single volume, so that the reader must bear in mind that only such information has been included as is likely to be required in the management of the average household.Each subject, however, has been dealt with in a manner that will enable the reader to turn to the work for effective assistance in any ordinary domestic activity or where difficulty or emergency arises.The alphabetical arrangement of the subject-matter will be found particularly simple and attractive, eliminating as it does the necessity for a separate index or the classification of the subjects dealt with under separate sections.The necessity for yet another reprint of the Household Encyclopaedia afforded an opportunity of making an entirely new edition. It has, accordingly, been reset and revised throughout, and is calculated to be of constant guidance in every aspect of domestic activity.The whole has been brought into line with the latest usage and information, including a wealth of up-to-date items of popular inquiry, while the many hints and recipes which for long have been accepted, have not been ignored.