Soaps And Candles

The art of manufacturing soap has been, in a measure, known and followed for many ages, proving a source of industry and advantage to various nations and individuals. It may therefore interest some of our readers if we attempt to trace its origin and progress as indicated by the writings of the earlier authors.

Pliny, for instance, the Roman historian, informs us that the art of manufacturing soap is the invention of the Gauls, and that the best article made by them was a combination of goats' tallow and the ashes of the beech-tree. They also seem to have been acquainted with both hard and soft soaps.

The Romans eventually acquired this knowledge from the Gauls, by whom this branch of industry was, with their conquests

Complete instructions for making the very popular toilet soaps, from the Victorian era
How to make wonderful soft soaps that will get hands, and laundry, super-duper clean
Coloring and perfuming your soaps
Wonderful recipes for making some of the most popular soaps used in that time period, including the still popular and famous Windsor soap
Recipes for making shaving paste. Once you make a batch of this youll never waste money on store bought shaving cream, again!