'The Author's excellent aim is to teach henwives how to make the poultry-yard a profitable as well as pleasant pursuit, and to popularize poultry-rearing among the rural population generally.'—The Globe.
III.
HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ENGINEER:
Being Hints to Youths intending to adopt the Profession. Third Edition. By Bernard Stuart, Engineer.
'Parents and guardians, with youths under their charge destined for the profession, as well as youths themselves, who intend to adopt it, will do well to study and obey the plain curriculum in this little book. Its doctrine will, we hesitate not to say, if practised, tend to fill the ranks of the profession with men conscious of the heavy responsibilities placed in their charge.'—Practical Mechanic's Journal.
IV.
RATIONAL COOKERY:
Cookery made Practical and Economical, in connection with the Chemistry of Food. Fifth Edition. By Hartelaw Reid.
'A thousand times more useful as a marriage-gift than the usual gewgaw presents, would be this very simple manual for the daily guidance of the youthful bride in one of her most important domestic duties.'—Glasgow Citizen.
V.
EUROPEAN HISTORY:
In a Series of Biographies, from the Beginning of the Christian Era till the Present Time. Second Edition. By David Pryde, M.A.
'It is published with a view to the teaching of the history of Europe since the Christian era by the biographic method, recommended by Mr. Carlyle as the only proper method of teaching history. The style of the book is clear, elegant, and terse. The biographies are well, and, for the most part, graphically told.'—The Scotsman.