I have always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife’s badly cooked dinners and untidy ways…

Mothers, in order to stretch your limited food sources, implore your children to chew very carefully and slowly and they will therefore require much less food.

For tips on how to be a goddess of domesticity, a modern-day Beeton and a purveyor of familial joy, dive into this miscellany of hints on cookery from the Victorians.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 72

Dimensions: 70 x 113 mm

Publication Date: 20-02-2012

To ease the pain of teething, hang a dead mole around the neck of your baby…

If all medicinal concoctions fail, the next best thing is to pray. If praying also fails, have the offending limb amputated and hope that the instrument in use has been sterilised well.

For tips on how to cure a cold, avoid being flustered by flu, and curb the torment of teething, look no further than this miscellany of hints on health from the Victorians.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 72

Dimensions: 70 x 113 mm

Publication Date: 20-04-2012