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Aphra Behn is usually described as England's first professional
woman writer, but her contemporary Hannah Woolley (Wooley or
Wolley) ran her close, though recipes not bodice-rippers were her
speciality (mixed with some judicious teaching, housekeeping and
medical marketing). It seems amazing, therefore, that apart from a
slight compendium, nothing of hers is available today - when
women's studies have so strong a following. Her output is confusing
and disputed, even the portrait in this second edition of her book
is not of her but one Sarah Gilly, but all is made clearer by the
long introduction by Caterina Albano, who has studied women's
domestic literature for this period, and who urged us to produce
this new, unabridged setting of the book (it is not a facsimile).
The Companion is a conduct- as well as cookery-book (the recipes
are mainly derived from her earlier works). It also contains an
autobiography of the author. In truth it is a rank, but
captivating, miscellany, including recipes, medical prescriptions,
advice to servants and governesses, hints on upbringing, cosmetics
and education, rules of social comportment and conduct,
instructions and model letters for correspondence (mainly for young
ladies), and 'Pleasant Discourses and Witty Dialogues' between
gentlemen and ladies. Great bedtime reading. The editor puts it all
in long perspective.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it
was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the
first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and
farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists
and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original
texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly
contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>British
Library<ESTCID>T226747<Notes>Anonymous. By Hannah
Woolley. The words "Waiting-woman, ... Under-cook-maid," and
"Nursery-maid, ... Scullery-maid." are bracketed together on title
page. With a frontispiece illustration.<imprintFull>London:
printed for E. Tracy, 1704. <collation>179, 1] p.: bill.; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and
practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the
extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases,
their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology,
agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even
cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT119248A
revision and adaptation of the work by Hannah Woolley. The appendix
has its own pagination; the register is continuous.London: printed
for Edw. Midwinter, 1729. 6],106,29, 1]p.; 12
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