A BOOK OF DAYS.
"Eoses, Marjoram, and Nettles." By Adelaide L. J. Gosset. London: Methuen and Co. Here is what the compiler describes as "a labour of love," and it is certainly a monument to her industry in research. There is a quotation suitable to every day in the year, and with it usually some appropriate verse, brief, biographical note and quotation from writers. For example, 6th January is devoted to Joan of Arc, with v quotation from Byron's verse —mention of the Maid, and 'words attributed to her when on her trial; also a reference to her made by Jules Michelet. Again for Ist August, when the present London- Bridge was opened iit 1831, by King William and Quepn Adelaide, there is an extract dealing with the Bridge, taken from Chambers's Book of Days, ■and a quotation from William Dunbur's verse on the Thames. "Above all ryvovs thy Biver hath reuownc." "Eoses, Marjoram, and Nettles" will bo received as a most acceptable gift, especially one for the bedside table providing different thoughts on which to drift away into sweet sleep. The work is well indexed. V
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 11, 14 July 1928, Page 21
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187A BOOK OF DAYS. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 11, 14 July 1928, Page 21
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