Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (428 pages)
Year: (1884) 2009
ISBN: 9781742226460
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

'Enquire Within Upon Everything', first published in 1856, was an early how-to book for domestic life during Victorian times. By the time this, the 68th edition, was published in 1884 over 900,000 copies of the book had been sold.

This edition provided advice on over 2,500 topics such as parlour games, etiquette, recipes, business, sanitary precautions, and medications – there is information on how to dye hair and feathers green, laying out a table, killing cockroaches, removing freckles, matrimony, narcotic poisons, the utility of singing, how to get sleep, feather beds for children and much, much more. It makes interesting reading and gives an insight into the lives of families at the time.

This CD contains high quality scanned images of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text