4 JULY 1908, page 36

Precious Stones. By W. Goodchild, M.b. (a. Constable And Co.

6s. net.)—" The different gem stones are here considered," says the author, "in a mineralogical sequence." This is a plan which is certainly scientific, though it produces an......

Plains,. Fare And Less Of It. By Alice Braithwaite. (richard

J. James. 35. exl. net.)—We accept ex animo the aphorism which Miss Braithwaite has taken for the title of her book. Most people eat too much, and eat things which they would be......