We have received the sixth volume of Amateur Work, edited
by the Anther of " Every Man His Own Mechanic" (Ward, Lock, and Co.), a periodical of which we have had occasion to speak more than once before_ One has only to dip at random into the volume, or run through the index, to see what a vast store of useful misoellanoa are here. Thus one writer instructs us how to bind magazines in a rough. and-ready way,—who has not piles of magazines which he cannot sell and does not like to burn ? Another narrates " How I Furnished my Snuggery ; " a third discourses about bees and bee-keeping. One writer is bold enough to give directions for making a lawn-tennis racquet, and very good directions, too, we do not doubt, feeling sure at the same time that they will not seriously interfere with the busi- ness of the professional makers. Among the greatly varied contents, nothing is more interesting and useful than the editor's "Notes on Novelties," a chronicle of the inventions of the day. _Amateur Work should have a large circle of readers.
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