Cookery for Invalids. By Mary Hooper. (Henry S. Bing and
Ca.)— This age certainly believes in "kitchen-physic." The faith is at least as rational as any that it displaces, and beyond question, more com- fortable. Miss Hooper is justly severe on the "slops "with which the appetite of sick people is satisfied or wearied, and she indicates a proper preference for the careful preparations of the kitchen over the artificial essences which are often made to supply their place. Miss Hooper does not limit her book to the wants of invalids. She has a thought for the unhappy dyspeptics, victims of the hurry and crowding of modern life. They will be rejoiced to hear—for one of the chief troubles of their life is the monotony of the diet to which they are con- demned—that "careful cookery will render almost any edible substance fit for feeble digestions." Miss Hooper gives a most delightful variety of dishes, and pledges her own experience for their wholesome quality. Then she reserves some of her pages for children. Altogether, her book is one of the most useful kind.
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