Cottage Hospitals. By Henry C. Burdett. (Scientific Press Company.)—This is
the third edition of Mr. Burdett's work (the second was published in 1880). The intervening years have witnessed, as our readers are probably aware, many changes, mostly, it is to be hoped, in the direction of improvements sug- gested by enlarged experience. Mr. Burdett, in view of this fact, has practically rewritten his book. It has been reduced in size and price by the omission of matter which could be dispensed with. On the other hand, improvements and additions have been made, in places, for instance, from which hints for construction may be gained. An interesting table of expenses is given, from which we gather that the cost per bed (occupied) in one hundred and eighty three cottage hospitals averages 466 Os. id., while in one London hospital it ranges as high as .£111 14s. Id. Country infirmaries are on much the same scale, it would seem, as cottage hospitals, though one (Belfast) shows the abnormally low figure of £45 14e. 7d., Newcastle Royal Infirmary coming nearest with £50 Os. 6d.
A very handsome volume, interesting, of course, primarily to readers in the United States, but also to us, is Wild Flowers of the North-Eastern Slates, by Ellen Miller and Margaret Christine Whiting (G. P. Putnam's Sons). Three hundred and eight species or varieties are described and figured.
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