The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer is a 19th century general reference cookbook which is still available both in reprint and in updated form. It was particularly notable for a more rigorous approach to recipe writing than had been common up to that point.In the preface Farmer states,Facsimilies of the original book are still in print. Heavily revised successor books, later retitled The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, have also been published, the most recent being the thirteenth edition by Marion Cunningham, originally issued in 1990 and then reissued in 1996 for the 100th anniverary of the original book. External linksFull text of the original 1896 edition at Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook ProjectFull text of the 1918 edition at Bartleby.com