| Evidence: | Mrs Hugh Fraser on her son (having just described his Chinese nursemaid's indulgent
treatment of him):
'He retained his fine appetite till he was five or six years old. Then I found him one night
slipping "Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book" under his pillow. On my asking the motive of his
selection he replied, "It is nice to read about the plum puddings even if you can't always get
them."'
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | China | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Fraser |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | child |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | China |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Mrs. Mary Beeton |
| Title: | [cookery book] |
| Genre: | Cookery |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14046 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Mrs Hugh Fraser | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1910 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 208 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Mrs Hugh Fraser, A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands (London, 1910), 2, p. 208, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14046, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
| Not clear to which of her sons (John and Hugh Fraser) Mrs Fraser refers. |
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