The Hat Shop. By Mrs. C. S. Peel. (John Lane.
6s.)—Under the cover of fiction Mrs.Peel supplies a great deal of information as to the business side of carrying on a fashionable modiste's establishment. Women who make a practice of not paying their bills till a writ is threatened had better read this book and see what embarrassment their conduct entails. The love story is neither very new nor very interesting, but the busi- ness side of the story is both, and has all the air of having been written from experience. Besides the moral conveyed to customers, there is a moral for educated women who wish to become principals, and this is : Do not go into business unless you have good health and an unending supply of vital energy, besides a good deal of capital behind you. In addition, it would be as well to start the process in a subordinate capacity, for a certain amount of experience is necessary to avoid absolute bankruptcy.
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