Dolby's Dictionary of Cookery and Confectionery.

The approach of Christmas has induced an increased demand for this celebrated code of instructions for the dinner and desert. Among the great variety of dishes for which receipts (nearly 5,000 in number) are to be found in his work, the experienced author has given a score of methods of cooking every joint, bird, fish, &c. all of which appear, on alphabetical reference, at a single glance. Dolby himself is, we understand, by special request, to superintend the preparation of the Christmas banquet at L—— castle, the seat of the Marquis of ****; and, in many of the London Taverns, the best fare is now professed to be a la Dolby