21 MARCH 1863, Page 23

Lancashire Homes, and what Ails Them. By the author of

"Ragged Homes and how to Mend Them." (Nisbet and Co.)--In this little volume Mrs. Bayly gives a very interesting account of a brief visit which she paid at the close of last year to the distressed districts of Lancashire. What ails Lancashire homes is, in her opinion, the prac- tice of married women going out to work. When they come home tired at night, they have their own special home work still to do ; and the result is that they solve the difficulty by adjourning to the publichouse. Mrs. Bayly's heart is evidently in her work, and her little book, though disfigured by some very feminine views respecting the closing of public- houses, is well worthy of attention.