Cookery for Little Girls

who, when occasion demands, finds herself unable to do ordinary cooking. And that young wife is blessed indeed who has been prepared for her duties in the home by a conscientious mother. Therefore let no woman think it too much trouble to teach her child the preparation of various kinds of food, impressing on her at the same time the dignity and importance of the work. The following articles, though considerably lengthened and rearranged, were written at the request of the Editor, and ran for a year in _Pictorial Review_; and the encouraging letters they elicited from women and children everywhere, prompted this publication in book form. The intention has been not to make a complete manual of cookery, but instead to create interest in enough branches to enable an otherwise inexperienced person to successfully put together any good recipe. Thanks are also due for the use of material appearing in _The Circle_ and _Harper's Bazar_. OLIVE HYDE FOSTER. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. GOOD THINGS FOR BREAKFAST 1 II. USING ODDS AND ENDS 13 III. SOME EASY SOUPS 23 IV. FISH, FRESH AND DRIED 31 V. SIMPLE MEAT DISHES 37 VI. THE INTERESTING POTATO 45 VII. DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEGETABLES 53 VIII. FOR THE UNEXPECTED GUEST 63 IX. RICE AND MACARONI 73 X. BAKING CAKE AND BREAD 81 XI. DESSERTS GOOD IN SUMMER 95 XII. THE THANKSGIVING DINNER 107 XIII. THE CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY 117 XIV. DELICIOUS HOME-MADE CANDIES 125 XV. PRESERVING 131 XVI. SANDWICHES AND DRINKS 139 XVII. A FEW MORE DESSERTS 145 ILLUSTRATIONS READY TO POUR THE JELLY _Frontispiece_ PAGE PREPARING TO MAKE BISCUIT 3 CREAMED EGGS 7 TABLE SET FOR VALENTINE LUNCHEON 15 FRESH VEGETABLE SALAD 16 HEART SALAD 20 GREEN PEPPER SALAD 24 TOSSING UP A SALAD 29 CREAMED CODFISH AND COFFEE FOR FATHER'S BREAKFAST 35 VEAL CUTLET AS REED BIRDS 38 A STANDING ROAST OF BEEF 43 CLEANING UP 51 CUCUMBER JELLY 59 TABLE SET FOR AN EASTER LUNCHEON 64 CREAMED OYSTERS IN BASKETS 67 TRAY ARRANGED FOR WELSH RAREBIT 69 COMPOTE OF RICE 75 ICING THE CAKE 83 TEA CAKES BAKED IN HEART SHAPE