Evenings Out. By Constance Milman, author of " The Doll
Dramas." (Griffith and Farran.)—A very different book, but with its own usefulness, is Evenings Out, by Miss Constance Milman, a sister, we believe, of the author of " Boy." It is a manual in help of that much-perplexed order of benefactors who give village entertainments, penny-readings, and other joys to the rural population, which has its exigencies and tastes, for which " a little ingenuity is wanted, and a great deal of good- humour." The record of the author's experiences is good reading in itself ; her recipes and advises should be invaluable ; and while there is plenty of wit in her suggestions for play-bills, cafés- chantants, and concerts, she steers clear of the vulgarity which is generally, but very mistakenly, believed to be comic.
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