402 REVIEWS. 



The ABC of Modern (Dry-Plate) Photography. Cr. 8vo, 



pp. viii. — 193. (L(jndon : The Stereoscopic and Photographic Co., Ltd.) 



The first portion of this little book is written, as its title implies, for those 

 who know practically nothing about Photography. The second part will be 

 found somewhat more advanced ; whilst the remainder is devoted to formulae 

 and general hints. It is a useful little book. 



Drop-Shutter Photography. By Fred W. Pilditch. pp. 64 



size 75 by 4 inches. (London: Percy Lund and Co. 1896.) Price 6d. 



This is No. i of Percy Lund's Popular Photographic Series. The peculiar 

 shape of the book makes it very convenient for the pocket. It is profusely 

 illustrated with views, etc., and contains many useful hints. 



The Elements of Stereoscopic Photography. By C. F. 

 Seymour Rothwell, F.C.S. 7^ by 4 in., pp. 56. (Bradford and London : 

 Percy Lund and Co. 1896.) Price 6d. net. 



This is another of the Popular Photographic Series, in which the details of 

 the practice is given in a simple and concise manner. The book is printed on 

 good paper and nicely illustrated. 



The Junior Photographer, Summer Double No., Aug., 1896. 

 The Practical Photographer, Sept. Double No., entitled 



Photography and Photographers, — This is a Japanese number, and is fitted 

 with a number of very beautiful pictures from Japan. 



These Journals are published by Percy Lund and Co., Ltd., London, and, 

 like all Mr. Lund's publications which we have yet seen, are very beautifully 

 illustrated. 



Beginner's Guide to Photography, showing how to Buy a 



Camera and how to Use it. By a Fellow of the Chemical Society. Cr. 8vo, 

 pp. 119. (London: Perkins, Son, and Rayment.) Price 6d. 



We have here practical remarks on Photographic Apparatus generally ; 

 How to take a Photograph ; Development ; Printing from the Negative ; 

 Taking Instantaneous Pictures ; Producing Lantern Slides ; Photo-Micro- 

 graphy and Enlarging. 



The Cat : Her Place in Society and Treatment. By Edith 



Carrington. Cr. 8vo, pp. 79. (London: G. Bell and Sons. 1896.) i/- 



Those who like to see a cat in the house — and there are few who do not — 

 will be interested in reading about Her Personality ; Do Cats Think ? ; How 

 Pussy can love ; Comradeship in Cats ; Puss as a Professional ; Food and 

 Housing ; When Puss is ill ; Paterfamilias and Materfamilias ; and Waifs and 

 Strays, as told in this little book. 



John Ploughman's Pictures ; or, More of his Plain Talk for 



Plain People. By C. H. Spurgeon. Cr. Svo, pp. 160. (London : Passmore 

 and Alabaster. 1896.) Price i/- 



All are acquainted with the trite sayings of the late Mr. Spurgeon's Jolin 

 Ploughman. Those we meet with in the book before us are by no means 

 behind those o{ John Ploughtnanh Talk. 



We are mformed that the publishers of Mr. Spurgeon's sermons have just 

 received an order for one ))iillion copies from the Brighton Memorial Society 

 for the distribution of the sermons as loan tracts. 



