Superior Cookery. By Mrs. Black. (W. Coffins, Sons, and Co.)
—Mrs. Black, who superintends the West-End Training School of Cookery at Glasgow, and has already published some works on the art and practice of cookery, now adds this treatise on some of its higher developments. All the recipes, which number 340, have been tested in the school. We do not see that any specification is given of the number of persons for whom the given quantities will suffioe.—With thia may be mentioned Light Diet : a Handlrook of Dainty and Wholesome Diet for all Classes of Invalids. By Dr. W.. H. Seeger. (Binapkin and Marshall.)—Dr. Seager tells us what we are to avoid, as well as what we are to eat. His list of fish is particularly useful. Some of the items will probably surprise many readers, especially when cod, red mullet, and shad (he is very hard on the last, calling it a "gross, indigestible" fish) are marked as doubtful. Turtle, we read, is "not very digestible," a dictum opposed to the general belief of the faculty. We are bound to protest against the remark that bream have "the same qualities as grayling," these being "of good flavour and easy to digest." Anything more detestable than a bream was never eaten by man. Dr. Seager's book contains a vast amount of useful information in a small compass, and at a very moderate price.— With books about food may be appropriately placed Table Decoration. By William Law. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Law has charge of the Duke of Grafton's gardens at Euston MLR. He gives nineteen plates, with plans of decorations, accompanied by verbal instruc- tions, lists of plants, and occasional suggestions (which might have been multiplied with advantage) of the time of year at which they are to be employed.—Finally, we may add a little volume, Sherryana. By "F. W. C." (86 and 87 Fleet Street.)—" F. W. C." gives an account of sherry, past and present. The most important chapter is the visit to the bodegas of Xeres. Mr. Linley Sambourne illustrates this little volume, and adds to its attractions, which are both literary and practical.
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