7 APRIL 1928, Page 28

The Divine Origin of the Craft of the Herbalist (Society

of Herbalists, Culpepper House, 7 Baker Street, 5s.) is a little book full of cut-of-the-way information. Sir Wallis Budge, .the author, .has extracted many delightful recipes from the priestly records of ancient civilization, such as this one, from Ebel's' Papyrus, for baldness : " Boil a lizard in . oil and rub on the head." But there is also much historical information to lie derived from these curious pages.