This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Boil one pint of milk, and add three ounces of fresh, white bread-crumbs, a little salt, a small onion with a clove stuck in it, and one ounce of butter. Cook gently for a quarter of an hour, remove the onion, smooth the sauce with a whisk, and finish it with a few tablespoonfuls of cream.
 
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