One of the most famous books of the Victorian age is The Book of Household Management. With a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of all things connected with Home Life and Comfort by Isabella Mary Beeton (London, first edition 1861). Beetham, Margaret (2004). "Beeton, Samuel Orchart (1831–1877)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/45481 . Retrieved 23 November 2015. {{ cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default ( link) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The Beetons decided to revamp The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, particularly the fashion column, which the historian Graham Nown describes as "a rather drab piece". [55] They travelled to Paris in March 1860 to meet Adolphe Goubaud, the publisher of the French magazine Le Moniteur de la Mode. [56] The magazine carried a full-sized dress pattern outlined on a fold-out piece of paper for users to cut out and make their own dresses. The Beetons came to an agreement with Goubaud for the Frenchman to provide patterns and illustrations for their magazine. The first edition to carry the new feature appeared on 1 May, six weeks after the couple returned from Paris. For the redesigned magazine, Samuel was joined as editor by Isabella, who was described as "Editress". [57] As well as being co-editors, the couple were also equal partners. Isabella brought an efficiency and strong business acumen to Samuel's normally disorganised and financially wasteful approach. [58] She joined her husband at work, travelling daily by train to the office, where her presence caused a stir among commuters, most of whom were male. [59] In June 1860 the Beetons travelled to Killarney, Ireland, for a fortnight's holiday, leaving their son at home with his nurse. They enjoyed the sightseeing, although on the days it rained, they stayed inside their hotel and worked on the next edition of The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. [60] Beeton was impressed with the food they were served, and wrote in her diary that the dinners were "conducted in quite the French style". [61] Within a month of returning from their honeymoon Beeton was pregnant. [26] A few weeks before the birth, Samuel persuaded his wife to contribute to The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, a publication that the food writers Mary Aylett and Olive Ordish consider was "designed to make women content with their lot inside the home, not to interest them in the world outside". [27] The magazine was affordable, aimed at young middle class women and was commercially successful, selling 50,000 issues a month by 1856. [28] Beeton began by translating French fiction for publication as stories or serials. [29] Shortly afterwards she started to work on the cookery column—which had been moribund for the previous six months following the departure of the previous correspondent—and the household article. [30] [31] The Beetons' son, Samuel Orchart, was born towards the end of May 1857, but died at the end of August that year. On the death certificate, the cause of death was given as diarrhoea and cholera, although Hughes hypothesises that Samuel senior had unknowingly contracted syphilis in a premarital liaison with a prostitute, and had unwittingly passed the condition on to his wife, which would have infected his son. [32]

Russell, Polly (3 December 2010). "Mrs Beeton, the first domestic goddess". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. a b Bryson, Bill (2011). At home: a short history of private life (1st Anchor Booksed.). New York: Anchor Books. ISBN 978-0-7679-1939-5. The Library's buildings remain fully open but some services are limited, including access to collection items. We're Mayson became a journalist for the Daily Mail; he was knighted for his work at the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War. The Beetons' elder son, Orchart, went on to a career in the army; both died in 1947. [88]

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The Queensland Cookery and Poultry Book.*". The Queenslander. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 5 March 1887. p.391 . Retrieved 17 March 2014. a b Clausen, Christopher (Summer 1993). "How to Join the Middle Classes: With the Help of Dr. Smiles and Mrs. Beeton". The American Scholar. 62 (3): 403–18. JSTOR 41212151. David, Elizabeth (1961). An Omelette and a Glass of Wine. New York, NY: Lyons & Burford. ISBN 978-1-55821-571-9. The book thus advocates early rising, cleanliness, frugality, good temper, and the wisdom of interviewing servants rather than relying on written references. [23] The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine". British Library. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016 . Retrieved 27 November 2015.Daly, Suzanne; Forman, Ross G (2008). "Cooking Culture: Situating Food and Drink in the Nineteenth Century". Victorian Literature and Culture. 36 (2): 363–73. doi: 10.1017/S1060150308080236. JSTOR 40347194.