Myles Birket Foster (4 February 1825 – 27 March 1899) was a popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster.
His son, Myles Birket Foster (1851–1922), was an organist who composed cantatas for children's voices and wrote a History of the Philharmonic Society, 1913.
Interesting recipes, especially since they are British and call for ingredients that are foreign to those of us in the US. Some sound delicious. There is a conversion chart on the last page.