=The Playground.=--Air and Exercise; Training; Outdoor Games and Sports 870 =The Workroom.=--Darning, Patching, and Mending Garments 890 =The Library.=--Care of Books 903 =The Farmyard.=--Management of the Horse, Cow, Pig, Poultry, Bees, &c. 907 =The Garden.=--Calendar of Operations for Lawn, Flower Garden, and Kitchen Garden 930 =Domestic Motors=--A description of the various small Engines useful for domestic purposes, from 1 man to 1 horse power, worked by various methods, such as Electric Engines, Gas Engines, Petroleum Engines, Steam Engines, Condensing Engines, Water Power, Wind Power, and the various methods of working and managing them 936 =Household Law.=--The Law relating to Landlords and Tenants, Lodgers, Servants, Parochial Authorities, Juries, Insurance, Nuisance, &c. 955 SPONS’ HOUSEHOLD MANUAL. _THE DWELLING._ It is both convenient and rational to commence this volume with a chapter on the conditions which should guide a man in the choice of his dwelling. Unfortunately there is scarcely any subject upon which ordinary people display more ignorance, or to which they pay so little regard. In the majority of instances a dwelling is chosen mainly with regard to its cost, accommodation, locality, and appearance. As to its being healthy or otherwise, no _evidence_ is volunteered by the owner, and none is demanded by the intending resident. The consequences of this indifference are a vast amount of preventible sickness and a corresponding loss of money. The following remarks are intended to educate the house-seeker in the necessary subjects, being subdivided under distinct headings for facility of reference. =Site.=--Of modern scientists who have studied the great health question, none has more ably treated the essentials of the dwelling than Dr. Simpson in his lecture for the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association. This Association has done wonders in improving sanitation in the Midlands, and we cannot do better than follow Dr. Simpson’s teaching.