24 JUNE 1893, Page 41

The Mechanics of Daily Life. By V. Perronet Sells. (Methuen.)

—Some of the more familiar illustrations of mechanics in our sur- roundings are taken by Mr. Sells and thoroughly explained, somewhat technically, be it said, and abstraDtedly; but the style, which is unusually rounded for a text-book, will please the reader and render his perception easier. The Mechanics of Daity Life is one of the series of University Extension Manuals, and quite carries out the motive of the series,—a broad and philosophic spirit, wherewith is combined a faintly academic tinge.