22 SEPTEMBER 1923, Page 21

COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY , The Supply, Care and Sale of Wine.

By Andrd E. Simon. (Duckworth. 5s. net.) This is a book of reference for wine merchants and is the substance of lectures delivered in 1920-21 and 1922-23 at Vintners' Hall for the Wine Trade Club. To call a book a (Continued on page 394.)

book of reference is to warn off the idle reader. This, in the present case, is unfortunate, for the book is full of interesting and attractive matter for anyone who seeks after curious information or either physieally or imaginatively enjoys wine. As a reference-book it is, so far as we can judge, a most practical and useful production.