Almanac/a Hachette, 1910. (Hachette et Cie. 2 fr.)—The more one
sees of this volume the more one feels that its title—"Little Encyclopaedia of Practical Life"—is justified. And the domain of "practical life" which it covers is very large. The calendar part of the book is compressed into a comparatively small space, some of the type being better salted, let us say, to the clear French air than to our mists. The miscellaneous information is amazingly varied. We begin with the " Universe," and are informed about the sun and the stare. A natural transition takes us to the aeroplane, and from this we pass to wireless telegraphy. After this come pure water, rubber (genuine and false), a vision of Utopia to be, a catalogue of diseases, with hints on nursing, and an incidental warning against the dangers of kissing. But it is idle to attempt an analysis. Generally we may say that the Almanach Hachette not only fetal' the purpose indicated by its title, but supplies an amazing amount of useful and entertaining reading.
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