11 JUNE 1864, Page 22

Window Gardens for the People and Clean and Tidy Rooms.

By Rev.

. S. Hadden Parkes, M.A., Curate of St. George's, Bloomsbury. (S. W.

Partridge.)—The author very unnecessarily deprecates criticism of this little book, which both in style and tone is simple and to the point, It is an account of two efforts made by him to improve the home-life of the very poor of his parish by offering prizes first for the best flower grown in a room, and second, for the cleanest rooms. The second scheme to be successful would, we imagine, require to be worked with great tact. But the flower-growing might easily be managed in every parish.