Threepence a Day for Food. By Eu.stace Miles. (A. Constable
and Co. is. net.)—Mr. Miles gave meals to four hundred guests at fivepence per meal (for raw materials), thought this too costly and elaborate, and cut down the expense to twopence per day ; this, out of condescension to human weakness, and in view of the fact that not every one can buy in the cheapest market and make the very best of what he buys, he raises to threepence. We cannot pretend to reproduce Mr. Miles's instructions; for these the reader must go to the book itself. We should, we own, have been more enlightened if there had been more figures. Here is a recipe for "Bean Savory Stew " : " 2 Onions : 4 lb. dry Haricot Beans : 1 Carrot : 1 Turnip : 1 Tomato." But we must own to not knowing what these cost, and for how many persons they are meant. It must be remembered that Mr. Miles is not content with barely sup- porting existence. He is an athlete, and applies himself to tasks which require great strength and endurance.
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