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THERE is an astonishing amount of information upon a variety of subjects in this book. The volume is, in fact, a kind of “Enquire Within for Everything,” but with this difference—matters of fact are, perhaps, less frequent than matters of opinion. The introduction of this personal element imparts a lightness to the contents not usually possessed by books of reference, but after a while the reader comes to the conclusion that the editor might usefully have abridged his views and those of his contributors in order to increase the number of subjects described.
What's What. A Guide for to-day to Life as it is and Things as they are.
By Harry Quilter Pp. xii + 1182. (London: Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd., 1902.) Price 6s. net.
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What's What. A Guide for to-day to Life as it is and Things as they are . Nature 65, 126 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/065126b0
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