The Author of “The Reason Why Series” has made very wide researches, in order to bring within the pages of this Volume, in the most simple but expressive language, all those illustrations of scientific principles which bear upon the Housewife’s duties; so that she may not only know that she should do a thing, but WHY she should do it; and knowing WHY, perform it all the more willingly. Why is the mixture of alum with bread injurious? Why are baked apples useful to dyspeptic persons? Why should bedsteads not be placed against walls? Why do chimneys smoke? Why does salt improve digestion? Why does biliousness frequently attack people at forty years of age? Why are complexions infl…
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