Gentle Art of Cooking Wives

Humorous novel, first published in 1900."e;If a wife is allowed to boil at all she will always boil over."e; According to Wikipedia: "e;Elizabeth Strong Worthington (1888 - 1908) was a popular American writer during the latter part of the 1800s.

Her first books "e;When Peggy Smiled: A Love Story"e; and "e;The Biddy Club"e;, were published in 1888.

Her next works "e;The Little Brown Dog"e; and "e;How to Cook Husbands"e; (arguably her most popular work), came along in 1898, and her final book was "e;The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives"e; in 1900.

She sometimes wrote under the pen name Griffith A. Nicholas."e;