3053. Under the head of Domestic Manipulation, we propose giving a series of articles on the numerous and essential manual operations that are constantly being required in every family, and which, whether they are well or ill done, must of necessity be performed.

3054. The term Domestic Manipulation, employed in the widest sense, would include all the manual operations required in a house, but we propose to limit it to such as partake in a slight degree of a chemical or other scientific character; thus the operations of Filtering, Decanting, Weighing, Measuring, Bottling, Corking, Un-stoppering, Pounding, Boiling, etc, etc. will be included; whilst Dusting, Washing, and Scrubbing, though no less, in strictness, manipulations, will be passed over in silence.

3055. In this, our first article, we propose treating of the manipulations connected with bottles and Decanters, etc, under the following heads Cleaning, Drying, Corking, Tying Down, Stoppering, and Unstoppeiing.