28 JUNE 1913, Page 13

The Hobby Books. Edited by A. Williams. (T. Nelson and

Sons. ls. per voL)—The volumes dealing with Pets, Needlework, and Woodwork are typical of this useful series, each of which is a thoroughly practical little handbook, fully illustrated, and treating of a single subject. The books are obviously written from a full knowledge, but have a special value in that they deal competently with the difficulties of the, unlearned, who may wish,

to discover the right and the wrong method of using ordinary tools, the proper dieting of a budgerigar, or the safe way to give medicine to dogs and cats.