Eliza Leslie: 20 books

It is said that soon after the publication of Nicholas Nickleby, not fewer than six Yorkshire schoolmasters (or rather six principals of Yorkshire institutes) took journeys to London, with the express purpose of prosecuting Dickens for libels—"each one and severally" considering himself shown up to the world as Mr. Squeers of Dotheboys Hall.

"Miss Leslie's next cookbook was, however, decidedly not American. In 1832 she published Domestic French Cookery, Chiefly Translated from Sulpice Barué. This book went through at least six printings in 23 years." The Penguin Companion to Food. Did Barué in fact exist? No one...

In view of the necessary limitations as to the volume's size, I could not hope to represent all periods of American literature adequately, nor was this necessary in order to give examples of the best that has been done in the short story in a humorous vein in American literature. Probably all types of...

Polish up on the art of becoming a true lady! Are you… • Planning to visit a friend or family but don’t want to outstay your welcome? • Going shopping on a budget but need to improve your negotiating techniques? • Attending a formal event and would like to find...

We recommend to all families that they should keep in the house: a pair of scales, (one of the scales deep enough to hold flour, sugar, &c., conveniently,) and a set of tin measures: as accuracy in proportioning the ingredients is indispensable to success in cookery. It is best to have the scales permanently...

The design of the following little book is to furnish receipts for a select variety of French dishes, explained and described in such a manner as to make them intelligible to American cooks, and practicable with American utensils and American fuel. Those that (according to the original work) cannot...