Though,  from  her  several  years  of  expe-
rience in  the  teaching  of  home  economics  to
high  school  girls,  the  author  has  had  ample
opportunity  to  try  out  various  methods  of
teaching  and  to  decide  upon  the  one  best
suited  to  the  needs  of  her  students,  the  book


is  less  successful  as  a  laboratory  manual  for
high  school  students;  yet,  according  to  the
preface,  the  book  is  primarily  intended  for
this  purpose.
The  scheme  of  organization  is  not  clear,
though  economy  is,  of  course,  the  ke3aiote
of  the  entire  volume.  Presumably  the  well
balanced  meal  is  the  "dietetic  principle"
involved  in  Part  HI,  though  by  what  stand-
ards a  meal  is  to  be  judged  as  to  its  com-
pleteness is  gained  only  by  inference.  It  is
suggested  that  the  student  calculate  the
total  caloric  value  and  protein  caloric  value
in  other  recipes  though  no  data  for,  or  method
of,  such  calculation  is  given.  What  purpose
is  served  by  the  menus  which  are  found  at
the  head  of  each  chapter  is  not  explained.
It  is  stated  also  that  the  teacher  will  have
an  opportunity  to  develop  the  principles  of
cookery  involved  in  the  preparation  of  the
typical  food  stuffs,  but  it  would  seem  almost
inevitable  that  these  principles  would  be
obscured  by  their  almost  constant  use  in
combinations  in  dishes  rather  than  as  a  unit
by  themselves.
