6 NOVEMBER 1909, Page 14

The Girl's EncyclopYdia. By Amy B. Barnard, L.L.A. (The Pilgrim

Press. 3s. 6d.)-The advice in this little book is generally sound, even if it is somewhat dull. The recommendations to thrift are excellent ; but the hints on etiquette are peculiar, and recall tho "Ladies' Page" of a daily paper, as, indeed, the whole book does.