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3 done: if essence of almonds be used for ﬂavoring. it may be i dropped among the sugar; when the rice milk is cold, put it in a glass dish or china bowl. Beat up the egg whites and 50*: eloquent, now witty, now shrewd, now humorous, now sugar, to a froth, cover the rice with it, and stick bits of pathetic, but never dull. The “ Autocrat" is a man after our raspberry jam over the top. own heart, with whom it would delight us to breakfast every Almond Cream—Put a pint of milk with a pint of cream day. His volume is one of the very few that we have read and a small bit of lemon peel into a stew pan to boil very over a second time. We keep it by us on our library table, gently for twenty minutes. In the meantime blanch and to dip into, whenever we get a moment of leisure, sure to 3 pound very has three ounces of swsct almonds and half an ﬁnd some striking thought, neatly expressed, wherever we gounco of bitter almonds. Next take the milk and cream turn. The publishers do not exaggerate, when they assert, 3 from the ﬁre, into which (while hot) stir the pounded in the advertisement, that the work will take its place with E almonds, the yolks of two or three eggs, and clariﬁed sugar tlmse of the few humorists, whom the world agrees to call t enough to sweeten it. Then put the whole into a colander, We cannot close this hasty notice, without giving S and with a wooden spoon rub and squeeze it well through. gt‘t‘li. our hearty praise to the manner in which lloppin has illus 5 Let this he done a second time. Then add two ounces of well trated it: the sketch of “ The Landlady's Daughter” alone, is ‘ clariﬁed isinglass. Have the mould ready to ice, pour the clmflgh to make a reputation. cream into it, and when set, turn it out in the same way as "III I I’m/III

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Wwdstodr. By the author of“ li’uvcrlry.” 2 vols. Boston: 'c any other jelly. Iiclnor ti- Fi'dlir. These comprise the forty-ﬁrst and forty III Creme a la MOdﬂ—Pllt half a pound of white sugar into slu-n-‘l volumes of the now famous "Household Edition” of 5 your glass or china dish, with two good sized glasses of white Sr-itt's novels. In type and paper they are so uncxception MI JIMVJI I I[sl/I wine, the peel and juice of one large lemon, or two small able. that every person, who desires it good copy of these ones. Dissolve an ounce of isinglass in halfa pint of water, world-renowned ﬁctions, should avail themselves of the strain it hot upon the above, and, by degrees, add a. pint and present opportunity; for it will he lmPOSsilllt: for any future a half of good cream; stir till cold. It will keep three or publishers, no matter what expenses they incur, to excel four days, but it is best made the day before you want it. this exquisite duodecimo edition. Half this quantity makes a good sized dish. It is very Mu-ryafl’s Ormpldc Works. 1 col” 8 r0. Pln'lada: T. B. pretty turned out of a mould, or may be cut up with cus I Hen-m it Brahman—A handsome, yet cheap edition of Mar tard glasses. This is a general favorite with all those who ryatt has long been wanted; and here we have it, in double have once tasted it. cciumn octavo, on good paper and with clear typography. Lemon Cream—Take a quart of lemonade made very BWHQf, strain it, and put it in a saucepan on the ﬁre. Add the yolks of eight eggs well beaten, and stir it always one way till it is of a proper thickness. Serve it in custard PARLOR GAMES. glasses or in a cream dish. To make the lemonade—Dis Ta! Lswm.—The company must form in two rows oppo
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site to. and facing each other, leaving room for the Lawyer 2 having previously, with part of the sugar, rubbed the yellow to pass up and down between them. rind of a lemon; then add thejuice of three lemons. Some When all are seated, the one who personates the Lawyer persons put the lemons and sugar into a ing, and pour the will ask a question or address a remark to one of the pen 2 boiling water upon them. sons present, either standing before the person addressed, or Wine Jdly.--To a quart of white wine put a pound of calling his name. The one spoken to is not to answer, but the one sitting opposite to him must reply to the question. ounce and a half of isiuglass in a little water; strain it and The object of the Lawyer is to make either the one he speaks mix while warm, with the syrup also warm. When it is to answer him, or the one that should‘answer, to keep silent, nearly cold pour the wine into it, stirring it well, and for therefore he should be quick in hurrying from one to an some little time after. Pour into your mould, or leave it to otiwr with his questions, taking them by surprise, and no be cut up the next day into jelly glasses. A little cochineal ticing those who are the most inattentive. No one must be added gives it a beautiful appearance. This is a most deli allowed to remind another of their turn to speak. When cious jelly, and very soon and easily made. the L‘wycr has succeeded in either making one speak that Jaumangc.—Dissolve two ounces ofisinglass in a pint and s!;---uld not, or ﬁnding any that did not answer when they a half of water, cut into it the rind of two lemons; strain; should, they must exchange places with each other, and the then add the yolks of four eggs well beaten. Let it have one caught becomes Lawyer. one boil up, and then put in the juice of two good sized This game will be found quite amusing if conducted with lemons. Swecten to your taste, and if you want it a very Mlﬂl/IINJI”WMWIIII {I
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ORNAMBSTAL DISHES FOR SUPPER-TABLE. Rice FroUw-A cheap and ornamental dish. For one-third of a pound of rice, allow one quart of new milk; the whites of three eggs; three ounces of loaf sugar, ﬁnely pounded; a stick of cinnamon, or eight or ten drops of almond ﬂavoring, and a quarter of a pound of raspberry jam.

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milk, a little cinnamon and pounded sugar. Flavor with essence of rataﬁa. When the rice is quite soft, take out the cinnamon and put the rice in teacups. Let it remain until cold; then turn them out on a dish and pour a custard over them, (made with the yolks of three cggs,) and on the top of each ball put a little preserve. To Make Blanc Mangc.-—One pint of milk, half an ounce of lsinglass or half a sixpenny packet of gelatine, boiled a I 3 quarter of an hour; add loaf sugar, and ﬂavor to taste, strain,

in a pint, or rather less of water; when the water is absorbed, t and turn out when perfectly cold.