tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post5259412014610490029..comments2024-03-28T21:58:56.757+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Read in 2017 - 26: Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household ManagementLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-91035696936863795692017-08-17T07:23:04.790+02:002017-08-17T07:23:04.790+02:00I wonder whether it was this edition:
https://img1...I wonder whether it was this edition:<br />https://img1.etsystatic.com/195/0/10766376/il_570xN.1264024749_4irq.jpg<br />Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-92017434786416466172017-08-16T08:14:41.773+02:002017-08-16T08:14:41.773+02:00There was a copy in my Maternal Grandmother's ...There was a copy in my Maternal Grandmother's house and my Mother had a 'Mrs Beaton' but I think it was just the cookery book. It had a grey cover with blue print. I can remember that.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-31384113237030695182017-08-14T07:31:17.265+02:002017-08-14T07:31:17.265+02:00Now you are just being silly, Kay :-DNow you are just being silly, Kay :-DLibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-37518349118944334782017-08-14T07:30:39.058+02:002017-08-14T07:30:39.058+02:00The wikipedia entry says that Beeton's book (i...The wikipedia entry says that Beeton's book (in all ist reincarnations) was often referenced to in other books, for instance in a Sherlock Holmes novel (if I remember correctly). You read a lot, so I am not surprised that the name rings a bell with you.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-19988229868514620292017-08-12T03:51:10.897+02:002017-08-12T03:51:10.897+02:00"Badly cooked dinners and untidy ways"....."Badly cooked dinners and untidy ways"...no wonder my family is so discontent! Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-58915793797691747612017-08-11T20:33:56.030+02:002017-08-11T20:33:56.030+02:00This rings a bell and think I must have heard of t...This rings a bell and think I must have heard of the book before, although I can't recall the context. I suppose I may have come across references to it in period literature; or possibly in some Downton Abbey context. (I think I did read a couple of books on life at the "real Downton" estate.)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-49413523988178674922017-08-11T17:14:46.900+02:002017-08-11T17:14:46.900+02:00You must have had one of the newer editions from t...You must have had one of the newer editions from the library, I suppose; from the wikipedia entry I have learned that the book is still in print and has been published in revised editions many times.<br />Actually, hardly anything of the 1861 version is applicable to my way of life today. Some general principles apply always, such as making sure one's guests enjoy themselves and their food when one entertains at home, but I have been acting on such timeless principles anyway.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-76997843129928300982017-08-11T15:10:07.710+02:002017-08-11T15:10:07.710+02:00I am in awe of your reading all of this book! I...I am in awe of your reading all of this book! I've had it from the library, years ago, and dipped into sections I thought would interest me, but reading the entire book is a real accomplishment. Do you think there is anything in it which will influence your own behavior?Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com