Agnes C. Maitland - The Afternoon Tea Book: How to Make Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Cakes, Scones, Rolls, Sandwiches, Cooling Drinks, and Ices

London, John Hogg, 1912. Cloth. A fourth edition of this beautiful little cookery book of all things afternoon tea, written by Agnes C. Maitland. With recipes including crescent rolls, Sally Lunn's, John Peel's tea cakes, hot cross buns, Savoy cake, Duntrune Rice cakes, macaroons, eclairs de Paris, lightning sandwiches, rock cakes, rissolettes, and rich currant cakes to name a few.Written by Agnes Catherine Maitland (1859-1906), the principal of Somerville College, Oxford, and a cookery writer. Her other domestic works include 'The Rudiments of Cookery' and 'What Shall We Have for Breakfast?&apos.Undated; dated from copies on Jisc. With five pages of publisher's advertisements bound to the rear.A fourth edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; cloth is a touch discoloured in places, particularly to the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound; front hinge is slightly exposed but remaining firm. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional pencil inscription to the recipes. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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