21 MAY 1910, Page 26

A Year's Dinners. By May Little. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s.)—

Miss Little gives us three hundred and sixty-five menus, followed by hints on methods of cooking, marketing, cookery for invalids, &c. The second part of the book contains the recipes, which are good and practical, if not remarkable. The menus will be a help to many women, but they must be followed with discretion. Though they are all called "dinners," some of them would be more suitable for luncheons. We are surprised at her very sparing use of mince-pies and plum-pudding in the winter, and of vegetables in the summer. The book is clearly printed, and the only fault to find with its arrangement is that the index is not

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