22 OCTOBER 1892, Page 27

Counsel to Ladies and Easy - Going Men on their Business Invest-

ments. (Leadenhall Press.)—" What to buy, sell, and avoid," might be given as the subject of this little book. General advice, inculcating prudence and business habits, and particular advice as to the securities to be dealt with, form its principal contents. We do not pretend to criticise or even to describe it. The writer is decidedly cautious, and an investor who follows his guidance must be curiously unlucky if he or she makes any serious loss.