A Third Pot-Pourri [Paperback]

This 1903 work discusses topics from a healthy diet to art and travel, with plenty of advice on gardening.This 1903 work by Mrs C. W. Earle is the third in her successful series of writings about gardening, cookery, travel and art, but the emphasis here is on the importance of diet to health. The book also contains the last letters of Mrs Earle's son, killed in action in 1899.This 1903 work by Mrs C. W. Earle is the third in her successful series of writings about gardening, cookery, travel and art, but the emphasis here is on the importance of diet to health. The book also contains the last letters of Mrs Earle's son, killed in action in 1899.Mrs C. W. Earle (18361925) was born into the minor aristocracy as Maria Theresa Villiers. After training as an artist, she married Captain C. W. Earle, who inherited family property which enabled a comfortable lifestyle with a town house in London and a small property with a large garden in Surrey. Earle's designs for her garden were much admired by her artistic and literary circle, and she was encouraged to write down her gardening advice. In 1903 she published this work, the third in a very successful series of writings about gardening, cookery, travel and art, but the emphasis in this book is very much on the importance of diet to health, though there are plenty of other topics. The final section of the book contains the last letters home of Mrs Earle's son Sydney, a captain in the Coldstream Guards, who was killed late in 1899 during the Boer War.1. Health; 2. Health of others; 3. Supplement; 4. Goats; 5. Wholesome food on three shillings a week; 6. Eighteen hundred a year; 7. February; 8. March; 9. April; 10. May; 11. June; 12. July; 13. August; 14. September; 15. October; 16. The journal of a tour in the north of Europe in 18256; 17. The last letters of Captain Sydney Earle, Coldstream Guards; Index.