14 JANUARY 1905, Page 24

The Privilege of Motherhood. By Lucie Simpson. (Greening and Co.

2s. 6d.)—This little book is full of good sense. Much that concerns the welfare of a child depends on causes out of control, or " even knowledge." " You should begin with the grandfather," said a dentist to a young mother who wanted to know how a child might be ensured the possession of good teeth. But more may be done by training and care. A significant case is quoted here of the two patients of a woman doctor. One, a very healthy mother, bore a puny child ; but then she worked at her profession almost up to the day of its birth. The other, nervous and hyper-sensitive, rested, and her baby was all that could be wished. The author goes through the various stages of a child's life, and has always something well worth noting to say.