Eliza Leslie (1787–1858) wrote in several genres and published books of juvenile fiction as well as several books on domesticity, which include Directions for Cookery, one of the most popular nineteenth-century American cookbooks. Etta M. Madden is a professor of English at Missouri State University. She is the coeditor, with Martha Finch, of Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias (Nebraska 2006) and the author of Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies.

• Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text Fiction[01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong Nonfiction[07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography  Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text Fiction[01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong Nonfiction[07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography

"[Madden] has brought together a solid collection of Leslie's work, creating a volume that will be of special interest to feminist historians and students of early-19th-century American literature."—Choice

Eliza Leslie (1787–1858) wrote in several genres and published books of juvenile fiction as well as several books on domesticity, which include Directions for Cookery, one of the most popular nineteenth-century American cookbooks. Etta M. Madden is a professor of English at Missouri State University. She is the coeditor, with Martha Finch, of Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias (Nebraska 2006) and the author of Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies.

• Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text Fiction[01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong Nonfiction[07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography  Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text Fiction[01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong Nonfiction[07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography

"[Madden] has brought together a solid collection of Leslie's work, creating a volume that will be of special interest to feminist historians and students of early-19th-century American literature."—Choice

Eliza Leslie (1787–1858) wrote in several genres and published books of juvenile fiction as well as several books on domesticity, which include Directions for Cookery, one of the most popular nineteenth-century American cookbooks. Etta M. Madden is a professor of English at Missouri State University. She is the coeditor, with Martha Finch, of Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias (Nebraska 2006) and the author of Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies.

• Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text Fiction[01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong Nonfiction[07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography  Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text Fiction[01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong Nonfiction[07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography

"[Madden] has brought together a solid collection of Leslie's work, creating a volume that will be of special interest to feminist historians and students of early-19th-century American literature."—Choice