Category: Digital Highlights

Halloween Supplies

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Forgot to stock in candy for Halloween? Or got snacking a little early and need to fill in the gaps? We have candy recipes for you! You just need some sugar, water, perhaps a few cooking implements, some flavors — and if you really get on a roll, maybe a little scaffolding!

Learn the basics from The confectioner (1880).

And then work up something special from The Italian confectioner (1881): perhaps add in some flowers (page 42) or try some chocolate candy (page 50)?

If you really get in the zone, perhaps try one of the elaborate concoctions from The Royal Parisian pastrycook and confectioner (1834), like the cake arrangements on page 26 or page 345?

Highlights from the MHL: National Potato Month!

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Among other things, September is National Potato Month and we are prepared.

Need recipe ideas? There are hundreds (really!) in Potato cookery (1907):

Are you a gardener looking to improve the potato? Try A study of the factors influencing the improvement of the potato (1908):

Or perhaps you have some kind of vermin problem? Potato bugs, perhaps? Try some Rat dynamite (1850):

#FloralFriday

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From Benjamin Maund’s 1825 The botanic garden.

Flip through the full book below!

 

Highlights from the MHL: Labor Day Plans?

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If you’re in the US, you may be like us and just coming into the last day of the long Labor Day weekend. Lots of folks choose this weekend for a “last” beach trip, anticipating the arrival of colder weather and academic schedules. Maybe you’ve been to your local beach this weekend or are planning to spend today there: if so, we’ve got some titles for you to take along!

Philip Gosse’s 1845 publication The ocean, printed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (London, England), was designed to tell the student everything they could want to know about an ocean, any ocean. Gosse starts with “The Shores of Britain” and works his way through the the seas of the world, wrapping up with “The Indian Ocean.” Along the way, Gosse illustrates his text with a variety of images, alerting readers to things they might see on their visit:

Picture of "Sperm whale attacked by a sword-fish" from Gosse's 1845 "The ocean."

“Sperm whale attacked by a sword-fish” from Gosse’s 1845 “The ocean.”

Picture of "Sea-fan," from Gosse's 1845 "The ocean."

“Sea-fan,” from Gosse’s 1845 “The ocean.”

Picture of "Yarmouth jetty, in the herring fishery" from Gosse's 1845 "The ocean."

“Yarmouth jetty, in the herring fishery” from Gosse’s 1845 “The ocean.”

For more, flip through Gosse’s full book below or click here to visit the text on the Internet Archive.

You can see the full list of titles in the MHL related to the ocean here!