20 NOVEMBER 1897, Page 38

Cassell's Family Doctor. (Cassell and Co.)—A useful work com- piled

on the usual pattern of a medical dictionary, but as this book is intended for use in families, many subjects which are usually treated in purely medical works are omitted. The Family Doctor appeals specially to the mothers of large families whose education in the matter of bringing up children has been, as is usual in this country, entirely neglected. Cassell's Family Doctor will give such unfortunate !persons a great deal of essential in- formation, not only on the cure of disease, but on its prevention by taking proper hygienic precautions in feeding, ventilation,"&c.