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THE HOUSEHOLD MANUAL

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 27, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 4.

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THE HOUSEHOLD MANUAL.

By J. H. WAGGONER

We have just enjoyed the privilege of examining the Household Manual, a book of 162 pages, published at the Office of the HEALTH REFORMER, Battle Creek, Mich. It is what its name indicates, and has a better claim to that title than any other work which we have seen. In the first 124 pages the editor has presented in a clear manner, easy to be understood and applied, everything which it seems necessary to know for the proper management of the household. It has been said:—
“This is an age of telegraphic speed; Who writes too long shall find no one to read.”
The editor has well appreciated this truth, and we are led to wonder as we look that so much valuable matter has been compressed into so small a space.
It has been a standing complaint against the works of some writers on hygiene that they were not practical. In some cases the remarks are extended to such length that the common householder loses the direction under an accumulation of words. Such complaints will never be raised against the Household Manual.
Following this compend of all that is useful in the household are 60 pages by Dr. Trall on the Health and Diseases of Women, which every woman should read with care. And following this is an Essay on Tobacco-Using, by Dr. Trall, which everybody should read.
Altogether, we feel safe in recommending this Manual as the very best book in the market, on the subjects of which it treats.
J. H. WAGGONER.