1917] MISCELLANEOUS. 497 



A series of lessons in cooking and household management, Mtbtle Htrir 

 LiNGEE (Springfield, Ohio: Author, 1916, pp. ^iff, figs. 5). — Thirty-eiglit lessons 

 in cookery and care of the house are outlined by the head of the department of 

 domestic science of the high school in Springfield, Ohio. 



An outline on the history of cookery, Anna Bareows, Bektha E. Shap- 

 LEiGH, and Anne D. Blitz (Teachers Col. [N. Y.] Bui. 11, 6. ser. (1915), pp. 

 36). — This outline on the history of cookery is arranged in four parts, viz, 

 prehistoric, ancient, medieval, and modern times, with special references to 

 literature for each part, and a general bibliography, together with suggested 

 topics for individual investigation, either for papers or for class development, 

 at tlie end of the bulletin. 



Clothing for women, Laxtba I. Baldt (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lip- 

 pincott Co., 1916, pp. XIV+45^, pis. S, figs. 262).— This manual for the school 

 and home presents the fundamental principles involved in and practical working 

 directions for the selection, design, and construction of clothing for women. 

 The construction of garments is approached from the standpoint of those who 

 have had instruction in elementary sewing, but for others a review of the funda- 

 mental stitches and some simple processes have been included in the section on 

 undergarments. Among the subjects treated are clothing budgets and buying, 

 the theory and use of color, and pattern making. A chapter is devoted to 

 instruction to (1) teachers on the use of the text, including the use of illus- 

 trative material, suitable equipment, teaching material, and method of instruc- 

 tion, and (2) the home woman and dressmaker. 



Shelter and clothing, Helen Kinne and Anna M. Cooley (New York: The 

 Macmillan Co., 1913, pp. XV+S77, pi. 1, figs. 159).— This textbook, intended 

 for high and normal school students, as well as for the home maker, deals with 

 the home, its ideals in organization, its sanitation, decoration, and furnishing; 

 also with textiles, sewing, dressmaking, economics of dress, and millinery. 

 Practical exercises are appended to each topic and suggestions are offered to 

 teachers on presenting the text. 



Food and health, Helen Kinne and Anna M. Cooley (New York: The Mac- 

 millan Co., 1916, pp. ri+312, pi. 1, figs. 158).— This is an elementary textbook 

 of home making, written in story form. It " treats largely of food problems, 

 including something of raising food and selling it, in addition to the preparation 

 of food at school and at home. Such topics as the water supply, disposal of 

 waste, and other sanitary matters are woven in with the lessons on nutrition 

 and cookery." The work is outlined in 29 lessons, including exercises and 

 problems and a number of simple recipes. 



A course in household arts, I, Loeetto B. Dxiff (Boston: Whitcomb and 

 Barrows, 1916, pp. XVI +301, figs. 21). — This course is the outgrowth of a 

 course in household arts prepared in 1902 and in general use for many years in 

 the Boston public schools of cookery. It consists of two parts, each contain- 

 ing material for one lesson a week for a year, thus covering the essentials of 

 the course in two years. This book, or part 1 of the course, is designed pri- 

 marily for beginners, and deals with the fundamental principles underlying 

 the methods employed in cookery and other household arts, including only 

 simple experiments which can be performed with utensils found in the ordinary 

 school kitchen. 



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Report of Alaska Stations, 1915 (Alaska Stas. Rpt. 1915, pp. 100, pis. 19). — 

 This contains the organization list and a report of the several lines of work 



