2 JULY 1892, Page 33

Motherhood. By Dr. Alice Ker. (J. Heywood.)—This is a book

of practical advice to women, put into plain, sensible language, a book that may be recommended to the readers for whom it is intended, among whom, of course, children or quite young people are not included. On some matters the author will, we imagine, be a vox clamantis in desert°, as when she pronounces emphatically against all competitive examinations ; but her sound sense will commend most of her conclusions to thoughtful persons. Dr. Alice Ker is emphatic in her commendation of vaccination. Taking the vaccine matter from the calf is, she thinks," an absolute safe- guard" against the evils that sometimes happen from an un- wholesome vaccination.