Enquire Within Upon Everything was a book of how to do things in domestic life It was first published in 1856 by Houlston and Sons of Paternoster Square in London. Robert Kemp Philp. It was then continuously reprinted in many new and updated editions as additional information and articles were added. The book was created with the intention of providing encyclopedic information on topics as diverse as etiquette, parlour games, cake recipes, laundry tips, holiday preparation and first aid. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Chapters
1 Preface 14 min 2 Choice of Articles of Food Part 1 25 min 3 Foods in Season 33 min 4 The Family Circle 9 min 5 Evening Past Times Part 1 31 min 6 Evening Past Times Part 2 36 min 7 Evening Past Times Part 3 31 min 8 Evening Past Times Part 4 25 min 9 Evening Past Times Part 5 26 min 10 Quadrilles 25 min 11 Scandal Live It Down 48 min 12 Pronunciation 41 min 13 Punctuation 15 min 14 H or no H That is the Question 16 min 15 Conversation 26 min 16 Gardening Operations for the Year 28 min 17 Taking a House Part 1 34 min 18 Taking a House Part 2 31 min 19 Taking a House Part 3 22 min 20 Domestic Pharmacopoeia 57 min 21 Prescriptions 29 min 22 Process of Making Medicines 47 min 23 Tonics 38 min 24 Epispastics and Rubefacients 21 min 25 Domestic Surgery 35 min 26 Minor Operations 12 min 27 Terms Used to Express the Properties of Medicines 14 min 28 Special Rules for the Prevention of Cholera 38 min 29 Signs of the Weather 6 min 30 Signification of Names 22 min 31 Hints on the Barometer 16 min 32 Yeast 19 min 33 Cooking Instruments 39 min 34 Preparation of Vegetables 25 min 35 Cookery for Soldiers, Sailors, Travellers and Emigrants 32 min 36 To Dress Cold Turkey, Goose, Fowl, Duck, Pigeon or Rabbit 23 min 37 Hotch-Potch for Summer 35 min 38 My Wife's Little Suppers 16 min 39 Puddings 16 min 40 Rice and Other Dishes 17 min 41 Accidents 17 min 42 Poisons General Observations 24 min 43 Swimming 12 min 44 Accidents in Carriages 12 min 45 Staining General Observations 16 min 46 Laws of Employers and Employed 9 min 47 Laws of Landlord and Tenant 15 min 48 Lodgings and Lodgers 14 min 49 Debtor and Creditor 26 min 50 To Search For Wills 20 min 51 Preserving Fruit 25 min 52 Pickling 20 min 53 Perfumes and Soaps 23 min 54 Bathing 23 min 55 Advantages of a Regular Life 24 min 56 Fancy Needlework 20 min 57 Embroidery and Canvas Work 28 min 58 Hints on Etiquette 11 min 59 Marriage Arrangements 22 min 60 Funerals and Registration of Deaths 9 min 61 Love's Telegraph 27 min 62 Children 20 min 63 Cookery for Children 38 min 64 Puddings and Desserts 31 min 65 Birds 17 min 66 Choice of Friends 20 min 67 Cider 29 min 68 Female Dress 21 min 69 Brewing 27 min 70 Borax and its Uses 16 min 71 Plant Skeletons 15 min 72 Arts and Crafts 19 min 73 Dr Clark's Pills for Nervous Headache 42 min 74 Ventilating Bedrooms 24 min 75 Inks 24 min 76 Feather Flowers 44 min 77 Croquet 20 min 78 Other Games 16 min 79 Habits of a Man of Business 25 min 80 Carving, Ceremonies of the Table 19 min 81 Dyeing 17 min 82 To Clean White Satin and Flowered Silks 20 min 83 Adulterations 27 min
