12 NOVEMBER 1910, Page 25

In "Cassell's Pocket Reference Library" (Cassell and Cs., 6d. net

each) we have A Dictionary of Poetical Quotations, by W. Gurney Benham, "Classified under Subject-Headings" and with proper index; and The Pocket Doctor, by "Medi,2us," prefaced by a caution that it is not to be regarded as a substitute for ther regular doctor. It is more, however, than a medical "first-aid book. The necessities of such as may be out of reach of medical' help are considered. Accordingly serious ailments are describedl and remedies suggested. The difficulty is to dr.-stinguish. Wouldt it not be possible to mark with an asterisk such items as the lay person should not meddle with except in case of absolute necessity