17 APRIL 1915, Page 22

The Dublin Home Show is the most generally known enter-

prise of the Royal Dublin Society. But since its foundation in 1731 the range of its activities has been extremely wide : "From agricultural machinery and the great fishing industry, from science and the fine arts, down to rag-picking and rat- catching, nothing seemed to come amiss." The complete record of its work will be found in the pages of A History of the Royal Dublin Society (Longmans and Co., 15s. net), which was designed by the lath Lord Ardilann, one of its most active members, and has been carried out by Mr. Henry F. Berry.