THE

COOK'S ORACLE;
COOK'S

CONTAINING

RECEIPTS FOR PLAIN COOKERY

ON THE

MOST ECONOMICAL PLAN FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES:

ALSO

THE ART OF COMPOSING THE MOST SIMPLE AND
MOST HIGHLY FINISHED

Broths, Erabies, Soups, Sauces, Store Sauces,

AND FLAVOURING ESSENCES:

PASTRY, PRESERVES, PUDDINGS, PICKLES, &c.

CONTAINING ALSO

A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF COOKERY
FOR CATHOLIC FAMILIES.

The Quantity of each Article is

ACCURATELY STATED BY WEIGHT AND MEASURE;
BEING THE RESULT OF

Actual Experiments

INSTITUTED IN THE KITCHEN OF

WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D.

AUTHOR OF

THE ART OF INVIGORATING LIFE BY FOOD;
THE HOUSEKEEPER'S LEDGER;

THE ECONOMY OF THE EYES, AND RULES FOR CHOOSING
AND USING SPECTACLES, OPERA GLASSES, AND
TELESCOPES; OBSERVATIONS ON SINGING, &c., AND
EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL, AND
SEA SONGS OF ENGLAND.

"Miscuit utile dulci."

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR CADELL AND CO. EDINBURGH; SIMPKIN
AND MARSHALL, AND G. B. WHITTAKER, LONDON;
AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.

To be had of all Booksellers.

1827.

SHACKELL AND CO., JOHNSON'S-COURT, FLEET-STREET.

A NEW EDITION OF

THE ART

OF INVIGORATING AND PROLONGING

LIFE,

BY FOOD, CLOTHES, AIR, EXERCISE, WINE, SLEEP, &c. "Glass, will last as long as Iron If You take due Care of it."

ALSO

PEPTIC PRECEPTS,

POINTING OUT

AGREEABLE AND EFFECTUAL METHODS

TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE

INDIGESTION,

AND TO

REGULATE AND STRENGTHEN THE ACTION

OF THE

STOMACH AND BOWELS.
Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

THE PLEASURE OF MAKING A WILL.
Finis coronat opus.

BY WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D.
AUTHOR OF THE COOK'S ORACLE;

THE HOUSEKEEPER'S LEDGER;

THE ECONOMY OF THE EYES, AND RULES FOR CHOOSING
AND USING SPECTACLES, OPERA GLASSES, AND
TELESCOPES; OBSERVATIONS ON SINGING, &C. AND
EDITOR OF THE LOYAL, NATIONAL, AND SEA
SONGS OF ENGLAND.

NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR GEO. B. WHITTAKER,

AND CADELL AND CO. EDINBURGH.

1827.

The Whole of Dr. KITCHINER'S WORKS, consisting of the following, may be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country.

Dedicated, by Permission, to the King.

The LOYAL, NATIONAL, and SEA SONGS of ENGLAND, for One, Two, and Three Voices; Selected from original Manuscripts, and early printed Copies, in the Library of WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D. One Volume folio. Price 21. 2s. boards.

Among 110 other Compositions, John Bull's "GOD SAVE THE KINGE," is now first printed, in this number; also the earliest printed copy of "GOD SAVE THE KING," and for the first time is also now published a Complete Score thereof for a full Band, for Voices, and, Instruments.

The Songs are so arranged, that they may be sung as a Solo,—a Duet -or a Trio.

ON SINGING.

In 12mo. Price 48. boards.

OBSERVATIONS on VOCAL MUSIC and SINGING, and Rules for the Accent and Emphasis of Poetry, which will ensure the Proper Pronunciation and Effective Expression of the Words.

"The finest Compositions frequently fail of producing half the impression they are capable of making on the Mind, from being sung with an injudicious Emphasis, or a false Accent."-AUTHOR'S OBSERVA

TIONS,

The SEA SONGS of CHARLES DIBDIN; with a MEMOIR of his LIFE and WRITINGS. By WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D. This Work comprises AN HUNDRED SEA SONGS, &c. Price One Pound Twelve Shillings, neatly half-bound.

In 12mo. Price 78. in boards,

The ECONOMY of the EYES. Precepts for the Improvement and Preservation of the Sight; and Plain Rules which will enable All to Judge exactly when and what SPECTACLES are best calculated for their Eyes. Observations on OPERA GLASSES and THEATRES.

"Qui Visum, Vitam dat."

In 12mo. Price 9s. boards.

The ECONOMY of the EYES.-Part II. Of Telescopes; being the result of Thirty Years' experiments with Fifty-one Telescopes, of from One to Nine Inches in Diameter, in the possession of WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D.

To which are added,

An Abstract of the Practical Parts of Sir WILLIAM HERSCHELL'S Writings on Telescopes and Double Stars, &c.; some Observations thereon, and Original Letters from EMINENT OPTICIANS.