19 MAY 1923, Page 23

BOOKS FOR WOMEN.

We recommend The Thrift Cook Book to our readers ; it is an excellent little volume. It is perhaps a pity that rather more foreign dishes were not included in it, more Italian polentas and rice dishes and more American corn dishes, but to wish this is to wish for a larger and a therefore more expensive book. We have tested several of the recipes and so far have come upon no unsatisfactory ones.