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' wrote Nicholas Lezard in the Guardian

The endpapers are taken from 'Bugs in Booby Traps'

it has a charm and a freshness appropriate for a young girl living in the country

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The Country Housewife’s Book Category_Grey Books/Mothers ' wrote Nicholas Lezard in216pp ISBN 9781903155707 The subtitle of The Country Housewife's Book (1934) is How to Make the Most of Country Produce and Country Fare: like Good Food on the Aga, Persephone book no. 45, which is a useful and inspiring cookbook even for those who do not have an Aga, this is a fascinating and important book even for the town dweller. There are eight chapters, each beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Mary Gardiner: the first is A General