Pure Antiseptic Soaps for the Skin and Complexion, and help to prevent contagion. After cycling and other out-door exercise they are especially beneficial, is. 6d. 3-Tablet Boxes ; 6d. and is. Bars. PREVENT FEVERS BY USING CALVERT'S CARBOLIC POWDER to destroy all noxious or infectious odours from Closets or oiTensive refuse. The Powder is guaranteed to contain 15 per cent, of Calvert's No. 5 Carbolic— the STRONGEST Disinfectant known — and is sold in 6d., is., and is. 6d. Dredgers. Can 1)6 obtained at most Chemists', Stores, &;c., or Is. worth and upwards post free for value. BUYERS ARE WARNED against inferior imitations, wfiicfi are numerous. ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET ON APPLICATION. F. C. CALYERT, & CO., Manchester. AWARDED 76 GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS. Cbe RouseDold Orack. EDITED BY ALFRED H. MILES. In large crown 8vo. 600 pp., cloth gilt, with numerous Illustrations, price 3s. 6d. A Popular Referee on all subjects of Household Enquiry, including, among many others :— HOUSE BUILDING AND BUYING. Soils, Aspects, Plans, Drainage, Warming and Ventilation, Decoration, etc. W. H. WOOD, Esq., M.R.I. B.A. HOUSEHOLD LAW. Landlord and Tenant, Master and Servant, Rates and Taxes, Will and Bequests, Matrimonial Causes, etc. R. J. GRIFFITHS, M.A., LL.D. L. D. POWLES, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. HOUSEHOLD MEDICINE. Food and Feeding, the Bath and Bathing, Infants and Children, Nursing the Sick, Common Ailments, Common Injuries, Accidents, etc. H. CAMERON GILLIES, M.D. THE HOME FARM. The Care and Treatment of Fowls, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Pigs, etc., and household pets. Cats, Dogs, and Birds. GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N. THE GARDEN. A Calendar of Work to be done for the Year in the Plower Garden, the Kitchen Garden, and the Orchard. W. E. EARLY, of The Gardeners' Chronicle. HOUSEHOLD COOKERY, with Hundreds of Recipes for Soups, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Game, Sweets, Vegetables, and Vegetarian Cookery, by various writers, including A. G. PAYNE, Author of "Common-sense Cooking." OUR ENGLISH TONGUE : Treating of the Rules of Speech, Grammar, Spelling, Common Errors of Conversation, Origin and Derivation of Words. HOUSEHOLD SUBJECTS, too numerous to epitomise, including " Etiquette," "Household Amusements," "Family Life," "The Calendar," "Table of Weights and Measures," " Tables of Interest," " Ready Reckoner," etc. HOUSE FURNISHING : Dealing with Furnishing and Decoration, room by room, with Prices of all important articles, and numerous Illustrations. PLAIN AND FANCY NEEDLEWORK, with Instructions for Cutting Out, and numerous Illustrations of Patterns, Stitches, etc. HOUSEKEEKING, including Household Accounts, the Duties of Servants, the Storing of Provisions, the Direction of the Food Supply, etc. London: HUTCHINSON & CO., 34, PATERNOSTER ROW. A FEW PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE HOUSEHOLD ORACLE." QUEEN. " This is one of the most wonderful three-and-sixpence worths published. It is a regular encyclopaedia, and seems remarkably well done. The cookery receipts are good." LADY'S PICTORIAL. " An invaluable compendium, and when it has been consulted once or twice by the members of a busy household, it will be found to deserve its name of ' House- hold Oracle.' No household should be without this well-edited and useful Oracle." HEARTH AND HOME. "This large and remarkably cheap book. In something over a thousand columns it deals with everything.' ' DUNDEE ADVERTISER.

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Pure Antiseptic Soaps for the Skin and Complexion, and help to prevent contagion. After cycling and other out-door exercise they are especially beneficial, is. 6d. 3-Tablet Boxes ; 6d. and is. Bars. PREVENT FEVERS BY USING CALVERT'S CARBOLIC POWDER to destroy all noxious or infectious odours from Closets or oiTensive refuse. The Powder is guaranteed to contain 15 per cent, of Calvert's No. 5 Carbolic— the STRONGEST Disinfectant known — and is sold in 6d., is., and is. 6d. Dredgers. Can 1)6 obtained at most Chemists', Stores, &;c., or Is. worth and upwards post free for value. BUYERS ARE WARNED against inferior imitations, which are numerous. ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET ON APPLICATION. F. C. CALYERT, & CO., Manchester. AWARDED 76 GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS. Cbe RouseDold Orack. EDITED BY ALFRED H. MILES. In large crown 8vo. 600 pp., cloth gilt, with numerous Illustrations, price 3s. 6d. A Popular Referee on all subjects of Household Enquiry, including, among many others :— HOUSE BUILDING AND BUYING. Soils, Aspects, Plans, Drainage, Warming and Ventilation, Decoration, etc. W. H. WOOD, Esq., M.R.I. B.A. HOUSEHOLD LAW. Landlord and Tenant, Master and Servant, Rates and Taxes, Will and Bequests, Matrimonial Causes, etc. R. J. GRIFFITHS, M.A., LL.D. L. D. POWLES, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. HOUSEHOLD MEDICINE. Food and Feeding, the Bath and Bathing, Infants and Children, Nursing the Sick, Common Ailments, Common Injuries, Accidents, etc. H. CAMERON GILLIES, M.D. THE HOME FARM. The Care and Treatment of Fowls, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Pigs, etc., and household pets. Cats, Dogs, and Birds. GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N. THE GARDEN. A Calendar of Work to be done for the Year in the Plower Garden, the Kitchen Garden, and the Orchard. W. E. EARLY, of The Gardeners' Chronicle. HOUSEHOLD COOKERY, with Hundreds of Recipes for Soups, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Game, Sweets, Vegetables, and Vegetarian Cookery, by various writers, including A. G. PAYNE, Author of "Common-sense Cooking." OUR ENGLISH TONGUE : Treating of the Rules of Speech, Grammar, Spelling, Common Errors of Conversation, Origin and Derivation of Words. HOUSEHOLD SUBJECTS, too numerous to epitomise, including " Etiquette," "Household Amusements," "Family Life," "The Calendar," "Table of Weights and Measures," " Tables of Interest," " Ready Reckoner," etc. HOUSE FURNISHING : Dealing with Furnishing and Decoration, room by room, with Prices of all important articles, and numerous Illustrations. PLAIN AND FANCY NEEDLEWORK, with Instructions for Cutting Out, and numerous Illustrations of Patterns, Stitches, etc. HOUSEKEEKING, including Household Accounts, the Duties of Servants, the Storing of Provisions, the Direction of the Food Supply, etc. London: HUTCHINSON & CO., 34, PATERNOSTER ROW. A FEW PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE HOUSEHOLD ORACLE." QUEEN. " This is one of the most wonderful three-and-sixpence worths published. It is a regular encyclopaedia, and seems remarkably well done. The cookery receipts are good." LADY'S PICTORIAL. " An invaluable compendium, and when it has been consulted once or twice by the members of a busy household, it will be found to deserve its name of ' Household Oracle.' No household should be without this well-edited and useful Oracle." HEARTH AND HOME. "This large and remarkably cheap book. In something over a thousand columns it deals with everything.' ' DUNDEE ADVERTISER.

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