The compiler of "Useful Receipts and Hints to Young Housekeepers" having
entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed
by her ignorance of domestic affairs. For, whilst receipt books for
elegant preparations were often seen, those connected with the ordinary,
but far more useful part of household duties, were not easily procured;
thus situated, she applied to persons of experience, and embodied the
information collected in a book, to which, since years have matured her
judgment, she has added much that is the result of her own experiments.
Familiar, then, with the difficulties a young housekeeper encounters,
when she finds herself in reality the mistress of an establishment,
the Authoress offers to her young countrywomen this Work, with the
belief that, by attention to its contents, many of the cares
attendant on a country or city life, may be materially lessened; and
hoping that the directions are such as to be understood by the most
inexperienced, it is respectfully dedicated to those who feel an
interest in domestic affairs.