The editor of the trade journal on furniture consolidates the essentials in an excellent handbook for the housewife of moderate means, who wishes to know how to judge good furniture, how to buy intelligently, how to weigh good taste and appropriateness. The text is sound and direct enough for the amateur; the illustrations, well-captioned, supplement the text and show actual furniture in actual settings, so as to help the uninitiated to visualize their own problems better. Good bride book. Excellent, text for home-making courses and for club group study.