The Steam-Packet: A Tale of the River and the Ocean — page 4: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

- é WORKS _ PUBLISHED BY W. STRANGE, 21. PATERNOSTER ROW, m1 whom the Trae i is supplied atti all the MontHLY AND WEEKLY PERIODICALS, ALMANACKS, SCHOOL-BOOKS, PRAYERS, BIBLES, &c. &c. bd ' + . — _ Just published, handsomely bound in cloth, 7s. Just published, price 3s. 6d. handsomely bound. HE DOMESTIC DICTIONARY anp VERY FAMILY’S BOOK HOUSEKEEPER’S MANUAL, comprising every- OF AMUSEMENTS; comprising an ample : a = al ection of Games of Skill and Char also ‘thing pertaining to Cookery, Diet, Economy, and | ©? ance, as al: ane By ONS MERLE. The. Medical of Intellectual and Athletic. Amusements : amongst Portion,by JOHN REITCH, M.D. others, Cards, (whist, ecarte, piquet, cribbage, all- | fours, speculation, loo, put, &c.,) Chess, Draughts The work addresses itself to all unsiessi for it gives CET fe < 4 ie a $ x" Billi c i i ‘the luxurious preparations of Caréme and Ude, the illiards, Backgammon, Cricket, Tennis and Fives, Archery, Legerdemain, Riddles, &c., with all the ‘simple and economical recipes of the Cuisine Bowr- | Rules and necessary Instructions for Playing: each geoise of the French, Germans, &c., and the solid | Game; interspersed with Curious and Amusing An ec- English dishes of Mrs. Glasse, Mrs. Rundell, &c., with dstesh By the Author of “* Every Family’s Bite of all the improvements of the age, anda fullaccountof | fealth and Domestic Economy.’ the effect upon the system of every article of food, with Dietetic Remarks by one of ourablest Physicians; | Just published, a New Edition, in 1 vol. fcap. 8vo, price thus, for the first time, making health and enjoyment 7s. in cloth, originally published at 10s. 6d. go handinhand. It is, in fact, not only a Dictionary PEERAGE FOR THE PEOPLE: . 3 of Cookery, but a Hand-book of Health.. ; comprising Biographical and Historical Sketches That portion of the work devoted to Domestic of each Member of the House of Peers, and an Ac- Economy contains everything that the frugal House- | count of the Places and Emoluments distributed wife should know, and embraces the latest and most | amongst their Families. By WILLIAM CARPENTER. valuable discoveries in all the useful arts connected ‘A useful and well-timed work, written in the with the management of a house—the feeding and | proad ana popular manner of Mr. Carpenter.” —Spec- raising of Domestic Stock—the economical preparation | ¢ggfo,y, of every article required for the use of a Family—in ‘‘The book has great talent, is smartly written, ‘short, all that is essential in domestic life. The articles | and there is a forcibleness in the style of argument.” on BREAD, BEER, WINES, DISTILLATION, &c., have ——Coneer vative Journal. * all been written, exclusively for this work, by expe- ‘The ‘ Peerage for the People’ is a sign of the ‘rienced and able men ;, the article Liqueurs is by an times.”—Literary Gazette. eminent manufacturer of liqueurs in Paris,and contains ‘* Mr. Carpenter’s able and impartial book requires information not to be found in any other work. no commendation from us.”—Westminster Review. To render the work complete, every preparation | a aot EP ; for the TorLET is alsogiven. The articles on PErR- Just published, price One Shilling, FUMERY are bya Parisian Perfumer, and nothing useful N APPENDIX to the First Edition of or elegant is omitted. THE PEERAGE FOR THE PEOPLE. Com- The mother will be unable to find a more appropriate | prising all the Peers who have been created and suc- ‘book for her daughter, when about to enter upon the | ceeded to the Peerage since 1837. domestic duties of womanhood, and the HUSBAND —_- “may seek in vain for a more valuable present for his Sivth Edition enlarged, price 2s. 6d. (post free, 3s. 2d.) ‘“NEWLY-WEDDED BRIDE. wn cloth, gilt edges, with a MAP of the various Routes, ‘It is well done, by intelligent persons, and the VHE HAND-BOOK TO PARIS; information good and complete. The introductory or, Traveller’s Guide to the French Capital, chapter on the ‘ Comparative expenses of living at Boulogne, Havre, Calais, Dieppe, Versailles, Rouen, - home and abroad,’ the explanatory lists of wines and Amiens, &c., &c. With a Description of the Roads other fermented drinks, and the translation of a French | Jeading from Paris to the Coast, the best and cheapest bill of fare, are useful features.”’—Spectator. Mode of Travelling, and an infallible preventive of ‘* A most comprehensive and useful book; thein- | Sra Sickness, &c. With two Appendices, giving the formation conveyed in a popular manner ; and every Routes to Paris by Betaium; and the Tour in page containing matter of utility or amusement—in SWITZERLAND, BELcium, Iray, and the Raine. fact, just the sort of guide for young housekeepers, to — ‘whom we accordingly recommend it.’?— Literary Price 1s. 6d. (post free, 1s. 10d.) gilt edges, . Gazette. _ Avery useful manual of housekeeping. It is com- OMPANION tro tar HAND-BOOK prehensive, contains a vast store of eulinary recipes, TO PARIS. By the same Author. with very clear and copious instructions on all points This work, although distinct in its character fr om that can prove of interest to the housekeeper or the Hand-Book, forms its natural continuation. It ‘mother of a family, including dietetic remarks and contains all the Statistics of Paris, Versailles, St.Cloud, instructions for the treatment of simple diseases or | and the other environs of the capital. It is as com- accidents.”-—Britannia. plete in its way as the Hand-Book, and, together, *‘ This is a volume which no housekeeper should be they form a fund of information which will be found | without. It. contains all the varied information con- in no other publication. The two works, ei eating tained in the ‘Cookery Book, the Domestic Physician, | bound in one volume, 3s. Se i | and the Manual ; of Valuable Receipts. Under each of these heads the t best and most economical instructions J OURNAL OF A ‘A TOUR BY THE are given. It is rea y ‘surprising how so much RHINE, THROUGH SWITZERLAND, NORTH valuable information c fe be condensed into one | ITALY, and the greater Part of GERMANY, in the volume.” —Sunday Times | Summer and Autumn of 1840, Just published, price 4s, atte