Etiquette for Every Day. By Mrs. Humphry (" Madge" of
Truth). (Grant Richards. 6s.)—Mrs. Huruphiy begins with "Royalty" and proceeds to "Servants," and then takes us through a variety of subjects: meals of various kinds, balls, engagements, weddings. She tells us how we are to treat visitors and callers; how to call ourselves ; how to write letters ; in short, how to do every- thing as it should be done. We do not always agree with what we read here. Surely the Government license to use armorial bearings is an authority. Mark, it is a license, not a tax. Arguing by analogy, the holder of such a license is as much entitled to use the crest, &c., as an auctioneer to sell by auction, a publican to sell spirits, or a hawker to travel with goods for sale. But as a whole, the book seems to be very well done.
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