The Woman's Kingdom. By Mrs. Willoughby Wallace. (A. Constable and
Co. 3s. ed.) —The "Kingdom" is the house, and Mrs. Wallace instructs us how to furnish it, adorn it, and keep it up generally. She tells us how to manage our servants,— a very serious business. And here she lets fall a word of wisdom t "You can't expect to get old-fashioned servants where there are new-fashioned mistresses." The virtuous woman of the Proverbs who "rises while it is yet night and giveth a portion to her maidens" had not to complain of her servants being late. in the morning. Then we have budgets which seem to us reasonably constructed ; one of a vicar's wife who made both ends meet on .2200 a year,-it is only fair to say that she had some help from outside. Altogether, this is a very useful volume.-So are two which may be mentioned together with it, The Still Boom Cookery, by Mrs. C. S. Peel (same publishers), and Savouries Simplified (same author and publishers), both included in the series of "Mrs. C. S. Peel's Cook-Books" (1s. net each).
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