" Scammbil's Univebsal Tbeasubb H©bse of Useful Knowledge."

Self made men who have had to under take their own education, and youths just merging into manhood, and about to undertake engagements that will mould their future occupations in life, would do yyell to go carefully over. .'• Scammell's Treasure House of Useful Knowledge," a volume that has come runder our notieo recently. The sole agent for two4hirds of New Zealand is our enterprising stationer, Mr W. Gribbie, of Pollen street, wbo La? placed a copy in our hands, and we were agreeably surprised at the many useful recipes aod instructive facts it contains. It is comprised in one Tolume of 1616 p3gcs of closely printed matter, in double columns, and every one of its 600 subjects is profusely illustrated with about 3C30 illustrations. It is alphabeti cally arranged thronghout, and its sub jects may be nnmroed up in a few words, There is hardly a thing that you will see around you, or that you make use of, or an occupation that -men, women, or children are engaged in, that it does not give valuable recipes upon ; and it also informs the possessor how to do any known useful thiDg in the shortest pos sible space, without useless words or long sentences. Scammell, the author and the publisher of the volume, was for six yeaps engaged in compiling the work, assisted by experts in every de partment, so that fcbo information given is reliable. The author found that he had over 2000 sheets of foolscap closely wriUorj. end [hat ii was (do much f...r a one volume bojk Ha threw out long sentences and useless worilg, and in 1891 presented to the world one of the most useful and at the same time cheap volumes it has b.eea our pleasure to go through. 