October, 19 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XV 



Poultry Foods and Feeding. By Duncan 

 Fords Laurie ; Cassel & Co. : New York. 

 188 pp. Price $1.00 net. 

 Three of the most important points to be 

 considered in the successful keeping of poul- 

 try are the proper housing, the protection 

 from dampness and a careful study of how 

 best to feed your stock. In Poultry Foods 

 and Feeding, Mr. Laurie's many years of 

 experience have enabled him to give his 

 readers the benefit of much research. He 

 has dealt with the subject in a scientific 

 manner : from the feeding of the chick to 

 the matured bird are matters carefully ex- 

 plained. How to feed for the best egg 

 producing results ; how to feed for flesh 

 production, and how to obtain the best 

 future results by properly feeding the breed- 

 ing stock are points well dealt with and 

 give valuable information to the would-be 

 successful poultry keeper on either a small 

 or large scale. 



The Statesman's Yearbook. Statistical 

 and Historical Annual of the States of 

 the World for the Year 1913. Edited 

 by J. Scott Keltic LL.D., assisted by 

 M. Epstein. M.A. Fiftieth Annual Pub- 

 lication. Revised after Official Returns. 

 Macmillan & Co., Ltd., New York and 

 London. 1913. 



"The Statesman's Yearbook"' in the 

 course of time has become an English in- 

 stitution. This year's edition stands out 

 from its predecessors for the reason that 

 it marks the jubilee of an enterprise begun 

 fifty years ago by the late Frederick Martin. 

 For that reason the Editor has endeavored 

 in the introductory matter as well as in the 

 maps to indicate the contrast in certain as- 

 pects of the states of the world between 

 then and now. Thus, the political, military 

 and commercial progress of the British Em- 

 pire is carefully traced during the last half 

 century, while the excellent maps show us 

 what changes have taken place in national 

 boundaries during the same period. Even 

 were this not the jubilee number of the 

 '"Statesman's Yearbook." the volume would 

 be more than passingly interesting, for the 

 simple reason that during the past year, 

 Africa. Europe and Asia have been stirred 

 by conflicts which have had a profound 

 political influence. The events in Tripoli, 

 Morocco, China and in the Balkans are 

 presented with a conciseness and with a 

 wealth of statistical material, which will be 

 of great aid in understanding the present 

 situation. 



Popular Botany. By A. E. Knight and 

 Edward Step, F.L.S. New York : Henry 

 Holt & Company. 1913. Cloth. 8vo. 

 2 Vols. Illustrated. 588 pages. Price, 

 $5.00 net. 



In one of his choicest essays the poet 

 Cowley tells of the desire he always had 

 to be "master of a small house and garden, 

 with very moderate conveniences joined to 

 them,"' in order that the remainder of his 

 days might be devoted to "the culture of 

 them and the study of nature." While many 

 nature lovers shrink from the thought of 

 Botany as being a dull study, occupied with 

 *tion- and dissections and an endless 

 acquisition of names, the reviewer doubts 

 if any Cowley would not find joy in the 

 page-: of "Popular Botany" as interestingly 

 and inspiringly set forth by its authors. It 



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