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person per day, as the fact is recognized that the diet should be adequate to support 

 the l)ody without any danger of underfeeding. Valuable features oi this article are 

 tables showing the (quantities of different food materials approximately equivalent 

 in nutritive value to 100 pounds of a given material taken as a standard, and recipes 

 for the preparation of a number of palatable and attractive dishes, some of which 

 are comparatively inexpensive. 



In Danish, and Russian old-age homes, Edith Sellers {Living Age ILitteil], 7. 

 ser., 17 {190-2), No. 3046, pp. 473-4S^) . — In this article, which is reprinted from The 

 Nineteenth Century and After, the homes provided for aged people in Denmark and 

 Russia are described. In the former country the homes are maintained at pul)lic 

 expense; in tlie latter very lai'gely by private funds. The diet, especially in relation 

 to its cost, is treated of at some length as well as other sjiecial titpics. 



Recent contributions to the subject of the examination and valuation of 

 commercial food alimentary pastes, A. Juckenack and R. Sendtner {Ztitchr. 

 rntersneh. Nalir. u. (lenamidl., 5 {1902), No. 21, pp. 997-1018). — Methods of exam- 

 ining noodles and other similar pastes are described. 



Cocoanut butter, P. Pollatscheck {Chem. Rev. Fett v. Harz-Ind., 9 {1902), pi). 4, 

 5, 2S, 29; ((l»<. in Ztschr. Untermcli. Nahr. u. Genussmtl, 5 {1902), No. 22, pp. 1136, 

 1137). — The manufacture and uses of cocoanut Imtterand similar products made from 

 cocoanut oil are descril:)ed. 



Household economics, Helen S. Campbell {New York and London: (I. P. Put- 

 nani'.'i Sonx, 1902, pp. XXI + 286). — This volume comprises a course of lectures 

 delivered in the School of Economics of the University of Wisconsin. Chapters are 

 included on the nutrition of the household, food and its prei)aration, cleaning and 

 its processes, and household service, as well as upon subjects concerning the build- 

 ing and furnishing of the house, and related topics. In the appendix the author 

 discusses the teaching of household economics and quotes material illustrating the 

 way in whicli this subject or some of its branches has been taught at different 

 institutions. 



Practical cooking- and serving, Janet McK. Hill {New York: Douhledai/, Page^ 

 & Co., 1902, pp. XIX |- 731, ph. 74, figs. 6). — In addition to a large number of 

 recipes for preparing various simple and elaborate dishes, the author discusses the 

 functions and uses of food, marketing, garnishing and serving, and related topics. 



Harper's cookbook encyclopaedia {Netv York: Harper dc Bros., 1902, pp. 443, 

 pi. 1). — This volume, in wliich the subject-matter is arranged as in a dictionary, 

 contains recipes and other material contributed by a number of different authors. 



Foods and food control, W. D. Bicelow ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of CJiemistry 

 Bid. 69,ph.l,pp.l-94; 2, pp. 95-188; 3, pp. 189-272; 4, PP- ^73-372; 5, pp. 373-461).— 

 A compilation of tlie United States Federal and State laws regarding the manu- 

 facture and sale of foods and food products with special reference to adulteration and 

 sophistication. 



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Commercial feeding stuffs in Pennsylvania, W. Frear { Pennsylvaiiia Sta. 

 Rpt. 1901, 2>p- 28-109). — The composition and feeding value of several different 

 classes of feeding stuffs are discussed, in many cases the process of manufacture 

 being descril)ed. A number of analyses of feeding stuffs are reported, including 

 cotton-seed meal, linseed meal (old and new process), wheat (whole grain, bran, 

 middlings, shorts, shipstuff, flour, and red dog flour), wheat feeds, rye, chop and 

 middlings, malt sprouts, ground oats, oat feeds, corn, cracked corn, corn chop, corn- 

 and-cob chop, gluten feeds and meals, germ oil cake, corn bran, sugar feeds, sugar- 

 corn feeds, hominy chop, cerealine feeds, buckwheat flour and middlings, commer- 

 cial breakfast food by-i)roducts, mixed feeds, poultry feeds, and condimental feeds. 



