7 DECEMBER 1912, Page 12

The Boy's Own. Book of Pets and Hobbies. (R. T.

S. 4s. 6d net.) —Children's pets as well as their owners should be the happier if the first part of this stout volume is well studied, for it gives useful hints as to how many kinds of birds and beasts should best be acquired and treated. The book also provides useful instruc- tion, not so deep as to bewilder, for the would-be collectors of inanimate objects such as coins, stamps, &c., and, further, some stimulating guidance into the mysteries of such arts and crafts as photography, carving, and others.