THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOODS AND SWEETMEATS. By A. Hausner. With Twenty-eight Illustrations. Translated from the German of the third enlarged Edition. Crown 8vo. 225 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 7s. 10d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Manufacture of Conserves -- Introduction -- The Causes of the Putrefaction of Food -- The Chemical Composition of Foods -- The Products of Decomposition -- The Causes of Fermentation and Putrefaction -- Preservative Bodies -- The Various Methods of Preserving Food -- The Preservation of Animal Food -- Preserving Meat by Means of Ice -- The Preservation of Meat by Charcoal -- Preservation of Meat by Drying -- The Preservation of Meat by the Exclusion of Air -- The Appert Method -- Preserving Flesh by Smoking -- Quick Smoking -- Preserving Meat with Salt -- Quick Salting by Air Pressure -- Quick Salting by Liquid Pressure -- Gamgee's Method of Preserving Meat -- The Preservation of Eggs -- Preservation of White and Yolk of Egg -- Milk Preservation -- Condensed Milk -- The Preservation of Fat -- Manufacture of Soup Tablets -- Meat Biscuits -- Extract of Beef -- The Preservation of Vegetable Foods in General -- Compressing Vegetables -- Preservation of Vegetables by Appert's Method -- The Preservation of Fruit -- Preservation of Fruit by Storage -- The Preservation of Fruit by Drying -- Drying Fruit by Artificial Heat -- Roasting Fruit -- The Preservation of Fruit with Sugar -- Boiled Preserved Fruit -- The Preservation of Fruit in Spirit, Acetic Acid or Glycerine -- Preservation of Fruit without Boiling -- Jam Manufacture -- The Manufacture of Fruit Jellies -- The Making of Gelatine Jellies -- The Manufacture of "Sulzen" -- The Preservation of Fermented Beverages -- The Manufacture of Candies -- Introduction -- The Manufacture of Candied Fruit -- The Manufacture of Boiled Sugar and Caramel -- The Candying of Fruit -- Caramelised Fruit -- The Manufacture of Sugar Sticks, or Barley Sugar -- Bonbon Making -- Fruit Drops -- The Manufacture of DragÉes -- The Machinery and Appliances used in Candy Manufacture -- Dyeing Candies and Bonbons -- Essential Oils used in Candy Making -- Fruit Essences -- The Manufacture of Filled Bonbons, Liqueur Bonbons and Stamped Lozenges -- Recipes for Jams and Jellies -- Recipes for Bonbon Making -- DragÉes -- Appendix -- Index.