A brief note can hardly do justice to Commander King-,
Hall's new book on the conduct and rationale of life as con- trolled ,by the conventions and regulations of human society. Hilary Growing Lip (Berm, 8s. 6d.) is an attempt to guide the young person's attitude of mind towards a right solution of the problems and a proper acceptance of the circumstances that vitally affect him or her—mostly him. To write the book the author had thoughts of reading some authorities on the myriad topics on which it touches (he gives a most useful list of these), but the sight of " a kind of dug-out composed of stacks of standard works appalled him, and he elected of proceed under his own steam. The aim of the book is to get, people young and old to think, or clarify their thoughts, and we wish the author all success in his very necessary evangel, which is the product of his own clear thought. But we do wish that he and others would cease ululating the foolish parrot-shriek that the old sit on the ladder of life to stamp upon the headscif the young who are trying to climb it.
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