100 REVIEWS. 



Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery. Roy. 8vo, pp. xcvi. — 



1178. (London: Cassell and Co. 1896.) 



We are told in the Preface that " Life is made all the brighter by 

 satisfactory fe<ding, and he is a dull philosopher who despises a good dinner. 

 But [hti strong point of good cookery is not the gratification of the 

 palate, but its influence on health. . . . Our household would enjoy 

 better health, and be better able to withstand sickness when it came, if pains 

 were only taken to have food well chosen and properly made ready. A desire 

 to aid in the diffusion of knowledge on such an important topic induced the 

 publishers to project a Work on Cookery, which would be at once the largest 

 and most complete collection of recipes ever produced in this country." 

 Arranged in Dictionary form we find here about nine thousand recipes, which 

 have been put in the simplest form, and the plainest language. The first 90 

 odd pages treat of the Principles of Cookery and Table Management ; there is 

 also an appendix dealing with Kitchen Utensils, Seasonable Food, and 

 Glossary of Terms used in Cookery. We need only add that the book is now in 

 its one hundred and thirty-fifth thousand to show how well it has been received. 



The British and Colonial Druggist's Diary, 1896. 



As usual, this diary contains a large amount of information of much use to 

 the druggist, amongst which we particularly notice "Notes on Food Analysis " 

 and X Rays for Chemists. The diary, interleaved with blotting paper^ will be 

 found particularly serviceable. 



The Standard Priced Catalogue of the Postage and Tele- 

 graph Stamps and Postmarks of the United Kingdom, No. 5. Compiled and 

 published by H. L'Estrange Ewen. Post 8vo, pp. 218. (Norwood : 32 Palace 

 Square. 1896.) Price 2/6, post free. 



Stamp collectors, and particularly those who make a speciality of British 

 stamps, will do well to secure a copy of this catalogue. Mr. L'Estrange Ewen 

 is a specialist, and gives such information in this catalogue as is not to be 

 found, so far as our experience goes (and it is somewhat considerable), in any 

 other work on the subject. 



The scope of the book is so well explained in the title that we think it 

 unnecessary further to describe the book. 



The Lincoln Stamp Album, with Catalogue and Maps. 

 Eleventh thousand. Crown 4to. (London: W. S. Lincoln, 2 Holies St., 

 Oxford St.) Price 5/- 



Spaces are provided in this catalogue for 6,500 stamps, special spaces being 

 provided for stamps of unusual shape and size. The ruled pages are headed 

 with the names of countries arranged in geographical order, and in the cata- 

 logue at end many interesting particulars are given ; there are also 16 maps. 

 The album is very suitable for a beginner. 



Moring's Quarterly for October (Thos. Moring, 52 High 

 Holborn, W.C. ) contains an interesting article on Methods of Reproduction 

 for Book Illustrations. 



