This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
One-quarter of a cup of cornmeal, one and a quarter cups of flour, one-quarter cup of sugar, five teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half a teaspoonful of salt, one cup of milk, one egg, one or two tablespoonfuls of melted butter.
Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk, egg well beaten, and butter; bake in shallow buttered pan in hot oven twenty minutes.
 
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