hirsoamaxgous.—Poents of English History. Edited by J. A. Nicklin, B.A.
(A. and C. Black. ls. 6d.)—A collection of historical and patriotic poems, some fifty in number, and reaching from the earliest down to the most recent times.—In the " Library of Useful Stories" (G. Newnes) we have The Story of Wild Flowers, by Professor G. Henslow (is.), a most interesting little volume, as indeed all of the series have been, with its narrative of the evolution of the " flowers," including, it may be said, all wild plants whether they have actual flowers or not, and the evolu- tion of human knowledge about them, a process not by any means so regular or so orderly. —The Healthy Home. By F, Vachon (Sanitary Publishing Company. 2s. 6d. net.)—A second edition, with alterations and additions and a considerable increase in the way of illustration.—Burdett's Hospitals and Charities, 1901. By Sir Henry Burdett. (Scientific Press. 5s.) —There is an article on " Medical and Lay Administration of Hospitals," suggested by the recent difficulties relating to the " National Hospital for the Paralytic and Epileptic." Sir Henry Burdett takes occasion to plead for the uni7ersal payment of the medical services rendered in hospitals. The usual information about hospitals, &c., follows.
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