15 AUGUST 1914, Page 24

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

[Under tide heading ire colic. such Books of the teach as have net bus reserved for review in other forms.] Elementary Household Chemistry. By J. F. Snell. (Macmillan and Co. 5s. fid. net.)—Professor Snell, of McGill University, here gives us an excellent text-book of chemistry for students of domestic economy. He deals in considerable detail with the chemistry of foods, fuels, soap and other cleansers, and so forth.