discount, they can be purchased from almost any bookseller for less than 20s. This, then, is the minimum reference library which every British house-holder should possess. There is great need for a general biographical dictionary less in size and price than Chambers' very excellent work mentioned above, and a biographical dictionary about 5s., giving essential facts and dates only, is a good speculation for any publisher.
For householders who can afford to furnish their reference libraries more completely, the following supplementary list of books is recommended:—
- Chamber's Encyclopædia. 10 vols. £5.
- Haydn's Dictionary of Dates. Last edition.
- Who's Who. (Contemporary Biography.) To be got occasionally.
- Hazell's Annual. To be got occasionally.
- Whitaker's Almanack. 1s. Annually.
- A Book of Recipes. (Cooley's is good, but expensive.)
- A History of England. (Green.)
- A History of Scotland. (Say Hume Brown.)
- A History of Ireland. (Say Walpole.)
- A History of the World. (Sanderson.)
- Dictionaries of Latin, French and German.
- A Collection of Poetry. (Say Palgrave's Golden Treasury.)
- A Collection of Quotations. (Bartlett 3s. 6d., or Wood 7s. 6d.)
There are many other books which could be named, but these must wait till the question of stocking larger libraries is under consideration.
In the suggestions made above, there is considerable scope for an enterprising bookseller in associa-
