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Prices and wages in India {Vdlciitfa, India: (lort., I'JOS, iip. 2,ii)). — A col- 

 lection of statistics of \vaK<'s and wiiolcsalo and retail prices of foodstnffs in 

 India for periods of years up to 1!H»T or I'JOS. 



Manual for the subsistence department, United States Army ( War Dept. 

 [U. S.\. Off. Coin. (Jen. Doc. 3.U, pp. I.'i2, fUj. I). — Subsistence stores, ration 

 issues, subsistence property including liitcben cars, and other related subjects, 

 are considered in this manual revised to Set)tember 1, 1908, and prepared under 

 the direction of the Conunissary-CJeneral of the V. S. Army. 



U. S. Navy cookbook {Annapolis, Md., 1908, pp. 62). — Recipes and directions 

 are given for the preparation of a large number of food materials in quantities 

 sutticient for a mess of 100 men. The cookbook was prei)ared Ity the direc- 

 tion of the Bui'eau of Navigation at the School for Cooks and Bakers at the 

 U. S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I. 



The baking trade, G. Wolf (Bdckerei. Hanover, 11)07, pp. I'll, figs. 77). — 

 A handbook designed for the instruction of bakers and students of nulling and 

 also for self-instruction. The three sections into which the book is divided 

 include raw materials, bread, and bakery equipment, machines and ovens. 



Plain cookery, CAXfiARiNK A. Mulligan {WintJirop Xorni. and Indus. Col. 

 8. C. Bui.. 1 {1901), No. 1. pp. 5.'i, figs. 1). — Detailed directions are given for 

 the preparation of vegetables, eggs, meats, poultry, and other foods, and some 

 general principles of cookery are discussed. 



Large meals for little money, Florence K. Johnson {New York, 1909. pp. 

 36). — This pamphlet is designed for use in university extension work, and in 

 a series of twelve lessons gives directious for cooking simple dishes. Bills of 

 fare for inexpensive meals and similar data are also included. 



Treatise on food and nutrition under normal and pathological conditions, II, 

 E. ;Maurkl (Traitr dc VAIiincntation et dv la Nutritinn a Vl'Jut Sonnal et 

 I'atholoiiique. Paris, 1908, pp. 680; rev. in Rev. G6n. Sci., 19 {1908), No. U,, 

 p. 589). — In this volume the author considers especially the rations suitable 

 for growth, maintenance of the adult, food requirements in old age, and similar 

 topics. 



A system of diet and dietetics, G. A. Sutherland {London, 1908, pp. 906: 

 rev. in Brit. Med. Jour., 1909, No. 2.513, Epit., pp. 531-539).— T\\\^ volume con- 

 tains articles l)y different authors on a variety of topics concerned with diet in 

 health and disease. Among others are a paper on the Evolution of Diet by 

 II. Campbell, on the Physiology of Digestion by E. I. Spriggs, on Diet in Old 

 Age by II. Campbell, and on Diet in Hot Climates by Sir P. Manson. 



Criteria and standards in infant feeding, T. G. Allen {Jour. Amer. Med. 

 As.'ioe., 51 {1908), No. 20, pp. 1681-1691).— The author discusses infant feeding 

 in relation to protein and energy quotients and suggests that these values be 

 used as a basis for determining infant diet. 



Chemistry in its relation to food, J. F. Snell {Jour. Soe. Client. Indus., 2S 

 {1909), No. 2, pp. .'i9-53. dgms. 2). — The principal subjects included in this dis- 

 cussion are the determination of the relative value of foods, the elucidation of 

 processes of digestion, the hygienic preservation of food, and the detection of 

 adulterants. 



The influence of feeding on the chemical composition of the animal body, 

 I.. B. ]\Iki\I)el {Bioehem. Zlsriir., // {1908), No. ',. pp. 281-293).— iS. sunmiary of 

 investigations carried on under the author's direction which have been iirevi- 

 ously published in full (E. S. R., 20, pp. 2(>r), 2(i(l, 207). 



The resorption of protein, K. von Korosv i/jscln: I'lnjsiol. {'hem., 51, {1908). 

 \'>. 3-'i, pp. 2nl-2Sl). — The author's investigations, in his oitinion, strongly sub- 

 stantiate the theory that resorbed protehi becomes a part of the proteid material 

 of the blood. 



