Notices of Books. 



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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Village Clubs and Halls. — Sir Lawrence Weaver, K.B.E. (London: Offices 

 of "Country Life, " 1920, ys. 6d. net). The object of this book is to present 

 to persons interested in the question of the building of village halls and 

 clubs a number of plans and designs of diverse character in their size, 

 cost of equipment, and architectural treatment, which should be useful 

 for consideration in the construction of such buildings. Illustrations 

 are freely given to illustrate the subject of the text matter. The author 

 first deals generally with the place a club should occupy in the social 

 life of a village, and refers to the Village Clubs Association. He 

 elaborates his subject by treating in detail the construction of halls and 

 clubs, and touches on the cost of erection, materials, and other relative 

 factors. Two chapters are' given describing the Kemsing Village Club 

 and the Nettlebred Working Men's Club and Institute, which are 

 quoted as model examples. Appendices are added on (1) How to form 

 a village club, (2) draft rules of village clubs, (3) advantages of affiliation 

 to the Village Clubs Association, (4) Memorandum on educational 

 facilities, and (5) a financial statement on the working of the Nettlebred 

 Working Men's Club and Institute during 1918/ 



A Course of Practical Chemistry for Agricultural Students, Vol. I. — 



H. A. Neville and L. F. Newman (Cambridge : University Press, 1920, 

 tos. 6d. net). Vol. II., Part I. of this work, which was noticed in this 

 Journal for February, 1920, p. 1140, contains exercises in pure organic 

 chemistry. The volume now under review is intended to cover the first 

 year's course on the chemistry and physics of the soil, and is based to 

 some extent on the course of practical work compiled by Prof. T. B. 

 Wood some years ago for the use of his classes at Cambridge. The 

 exercises are designed to illustrate most of the essential points in agri- 

 cultural chemistry, and require a minimum of apparatus. 



Animal Foodstuffs : Their Production and Composition, with a 

 special Reference to the British Empire. — E. W. Shanahan (London : 

 George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 10s. 6d. net). This is one of the Studies 

 in Economics and Political Science, edited by the Director of the London 

 School of Economics and Politic? 1 Science. The first part is devoted 

 to an examination of the conditions of production of meats and dairy 

 and poultry produce in all the important countries, in the course of 

 which it is shown that, even apart from the effects of the War, there 

 was, and is, a growing tendency towards a world-shortage of these food- 

 stuffs. 



The second part discusses the various aspects of the question of the 

 consumption of these articles separately and together, and examines 

 the economic relations that exist between the production and consump- 

 tion in keeping with the technical organisation of agriculture. 



The third part deals with these questions within the British Empire, 

 and shows how the existing deficiency may be partly overcome. There 

 is an exhaustive reference index and bibliography. 



Ordnance Survey Maps. — Landowners, farmers and all connected 

 with the land will find the large scale Ordnance Maps of exceptional 

 value. The maps on the scale of 25 in. to the mile show hedges, walls, 

 fences, ditches, roads, paths, streams, houses, woods and orchards, in 

 fact every feature of the countryside, whether natural or artificial. 



