1919] AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 899 



to serve as a basis for agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, and has l>een 

 written to supplement laboratory ami Held work with plants. The central theme 



is the nutrition of the plant. A chapter is devoted to the relation Of plants to 

 their environment, and the final chapter treats of the evolution «>f plants. 

 Attention is also called to the uses of plants and plant materials and to the 

 applications of botanical principles in plant production. Each chapter is pic- 

 ceded by suggestions for laboratory and field work and is followed by ■ 

 of problems. 



Domestic science and general hygiene, T. W. Gabdrkb and I. F. Vorvr, 

 (London: The Normal Press, Ltd., 5. ed., pp. [III]+26$, figs. 61).— This book, 

 for normal students, endeavors to give the fundamental principles underlying 

 the facts of everyday life, Including a study of work, rest, recreation, foods, 

 digestion, clothing, personal hygiene, house sanitation, sickness and nursi 



Food and victory: A war supplement to Textbook of Cooking, 0. 0. < 

 {Boston: Allyn d Bacon, 1918, pp. XIV+62, pi. 1, figs. 3).— The object Of the 

 supplement is to serve as a guide in the wise selection and use of f 1 substi- 

 tutes and to emphasize the vital relation between success in warfare and the 

 intelligent and unselfish use of food. It discusses the composition and charac- 

 teristics of food and basic methods of cooking. 



The school kitchen textbook, M. J. Lincoln (Boston: Little. Broun d Co., 

 1915, pp. XI+308, pis. 2, figs. S). — This text discusses the human food groups, 

 the processes of cookery, and the simpler chemical elements and their action, 

 with special reference to elementary work in both home and school. Lessons 

 in housekeeping and many recipes are included. 



Yarn and cloth making: An economic study, M. L. Kisskll {NetC York: 

 The Macmillan Co., 1918, pp. XXV1I+252, pis. 2, figs. 85).— This is a college and 

 normal school text preliminary to fabric study. The subject matter is grouped 

 In two sections, yarn making and cloth making, each of which is considered in 

 an opening descriptive text, followed by a series of type studies of the distinct 

 varieties of spinning and weaving. 



