25 JUNE 1904, Page 41

The Housewife's What's What. By Mary Davies. (T. Fisher Unwin.

6s. net.)—It cannot be doubted that there is a vast amount of useful information collected in this volume ; but the net has been thrown a little too widely. The alphabetical arrange- ment has its advantages, but it is apt to bring about ridiculous results. Here are the items from one double-page : "Charcoal," "Charity," "Cheerfulness at Meals," "Cheese," "Chilblains," "Children." We do not think that the wisdom so curiously arranged is displayed to the best advantage.