Robert Roberts

The trial of the most notable lawsuit of ancient or modern times ... Issue: 'Did Christ rise from the dead?'

The Law of Moses as a Rule of National and Individual Life and the Enigmatical Enunciation of Divine Principles and Purposes

A study which combines personal reminiscences with careful historical research, the myth of the 'good old days' is summarily dispensed with; Robert Roberts describes the period of his childhood, when the main affect of poverty in Edwardian Salford was degredation, and, despite great resources of human courage, few could escape such a prison.

Salford Life in the First Quarter of the Century

The Classic Slum

An annotated introduction exploring the contemporary importance of the book The House Servants Directory, the identity and character of the author, and its significance in American history.

Comprising Hints on the Arrangement and Performance of Servantsʼ Work

The House Servant's Directory, Or, A Monitor for Private Families

“In order to get through your work in proper time, you should make it your chief study to rise early in the morning; for an hour before the family rises is worth more to you than two after they are up.” These are Robert Roberts’s first words to his readers in this classic resource for those employed as domestic servants. More household-management manual than cookbook, the book does contain recipes for making beer and punch, salad sauce, mustard, currant jam, syrups, and fruit-flavored waters of all kinds. There are directions for carving, marketing, choosing meats, fish and poultry, and preserving, and how to complete household chores successfully, clean everything in the house, behave properly, and prepare and serve food for family dinners and parties of all sizes. The book has suggestions for employers on how to manage domestic help (very unusual for the time), but Roberts was more interested in teaching young black men how to succeed in their work and ensure their advancement. This edition of The House Servant’s Directory was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes.

A Monitor for Private Families

The House Servant's Directory

Robert A. O'Rourke

John Willis Hurst

R. Wayne Alexander

A Brandon/Hill Medical List suggested initial purchase. This is the "digital edition" of the 11th edition of this classic work, which means the book comes with a subscription to the online site (good for the life of the edition) giving access to the complete text, an image library, updates, links, and customization features as well as PDA download

Hurst's the Heart

In this autobiography, the author evokes his Edwardian childhood in his portrait of a vanished community as he tells how he and the other children of Salford struggled daily to survive the poverty that surrounded them.

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