28 FEBRUARY 1914, Page 29

Still Happy though Married. By E. J. Hardy. (T. Fisher

6s.)—Mr. Hardy's first book may justly claim to have given a "household word" to the English language. Its great popularity may have been due in part to the contrast of its optimistic tone with its cynical title. How to be Happy though Married illustrates one side of the English character as aptly as Punch's famous advice to those about to marry— "Don't l"—illnatrates the other. Mr. Hardy's new book is an agreeable botch-potch of aphorism and anecdote which is likely to be much in vogue as a wedding present.