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patients entering into the state of holy matrimony, on housing, and, of course, on birth control.

On the latter point the letters are numerous from all sections of society. The middle-class man states that he and his wife are nervous wrecks from their constant fear of another baby; the artisan writes that as he is living in two rooms, and has already had four children, he wishes to obtain all available knowledge on the subject of birth control. But up to the present how imperfect has been our training and knowledge, and how little sound information have we been able to give to our tuberculous patients, who wish to marry but not to propagate their species; to the sufferers from epilepsy, and to the healthy couple who, owing to the failure of the housing schemes, are unable to acquire accommodation for a young family. Most valuable and detailed information is given in Chapters V, VI and VII of Dr. Stopes' book, and the careful perusal of these sections I commend, not only to the practitioner and medical officer of health, but also to the district nurse and midwife. I predict a great success for the work, and I wish to record my thanks to the author for her pioneer work in preventive medicine.