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''Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management'' was a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton. It was originally entitled ''Beeton's Book of Household Management'', in line with the other guide-books published by Beeton. Previously published as a part work, it was first published as a book in 1861 by S. O. Beeton Publishing, 161 Bouverie Street, London, a firm founded by her husband, Samuel Beeton. Although she died in 1865, the book continued: nearly 2 million copies had been sold by 1868, and it remains in print (as of 2010). == History == The author, Isabella Beeton, was 21 years old when she started working on the book. It was initially serialised in 24 monthly instalments, in her husband Samuel Orchart Beeton's publication ''The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine''; the first instalment appeared in 1859. On 1 October 1861, the instalments were collected into one volume with the title ''The Book of Household Management, comprising information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under House-Maids, Lady's-Maid, Maid-of-all-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly Wet and Sick Nurses, etc. etc.—also Sanitary, Medical, & Legal Memoranda: with a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of all Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort.''〔 In its preface she wrote: Beeton's half sister, Mrs. Smiles, was later asked about her memories of the book's development and recalled: Different people gave their recipes for the book. That for Baroness pudding (a suet pudding with a plethora of raisins) was given by the Baroness de Tessier, who lived at Epsom. No recipe went into the book without a successful trial, and the home at Pinner was the scene of many experiments and some failures. I remember Isabella coming out of the kitchen one day, 'This won't do at all,' she said, and gave me the cake that had turned out like a biscuit. I thought it very good. It had currants in it. It was an immediate best-seller, selling 60,000 copies in its first year and totaling nearly two million up to 1868. Today, despite the numerous copies published, a first edition of ''Household Management'', in "top condition", can sell for more than £1,000. In 1863, a revised edition was issued in installments. In 1866, a year after Isabella's death, Samuel was in debt due to the collapse of Overend and Gurney, a London discount house to which he owed money. To save himself from bankruptcy he sold the copyright to all of his publications for a little over £19,000. Of that, the rights to ''Household Management'' were sold to publishers Ward, Lock and Tyler for £3,250,〔 although Beeton continued to run it. The early editions included an obituary notice for Beeton, but the publishers insisted it be removed 'allowing readers to imagine – perhaps even as late as 1915 – that some mob-capped matriarch was out there still keeping an eye on them'. Revisions to ''Household Management'' by its publisher, Ward Lock, have continued to the present day. The effort has kept the Beeton name in the public eye for over 125 years, although current editions are far removed from those published in Mrs. Beeton's lifetime. By 1906, the book had 2056 pages, "exclusive of advertising", with 3,931 recipes and was "half as large again" as the previous edition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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