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The Household Library
Without giving any expression of opinion as to the surpassing quality of the books recommended, a list of cheap books is subjoined on the subjects noted, which almost every workman can buy in a short time, and a list of more expensive books on the same subjects, well within the means of every middle-class household. From these suggestions any one can make a selection:—
- *Nuttall's English Dictionary. 3s. 6d. Warne.
- Annandale's English Dictionary. 5s. Blackie.
- *Chamber's Concise Gazetteer of the World. 6s. Chambers.
- Chisholm. Gazetteer of the World. 17s. 6d. Times Office.
- Cassell. Cassell's Universal Atlas. 30s.
- *Bartholomew's Century Atlas and Gazetteer. 3s. 6d. Walker.
- Patrick. Biographical Dictionary. 10s. 6d. Chambers.
- *Brooksmith. Arithmetic. 4s. 6d. Macmillan.
- Thomson and Steel. Domestic Medicine. 10s. 6d. Griffin.
- *Mackenzie. Home Medicine. 1s. Gill.
- *Wood (C. J.). Nursing for the Home and the Hospital. 1s. 6d. Cassel
- Harrison (Eveleen). Home Nursing. 4s. 6d. Macmillan.
- *Cassell's Cookery Book. 1s. Cassell.
- Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery. 5s. Cassell.
- Beeton's Household Management. 7s. 6d. Ward, Lock & Co.
- *Barnett and O'Neill. Domestic Economy. 1s. Macmillan.
- *Wood. Natural History. 3s. 6d. Routledge.
- Lydekker. Concise Knowledge Natural History. 5s.
The books marked * are published at less than 30s., but as most of them are subject to at least 25 per cent.