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Mrs. Hornibrook's Wholemeal (Heinemann, is. 6d.) con- tains pronouncements from

eminent doctors on the subject of wholemeal bread and some excellent recipes. Whether or not, as Sir Arbuthnot Lane says, " white bread is the curse of the day," the fact remains that the consumption of bread of any kind is decreasing in England. Diet is a matter on which doctors disagree, and that is a good thing, for in the clash of opinion the layman can learn much.

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