Spons' Household Manual by E. & F. N. Spon

3. As a means for the prevention of accidents, especially where there

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are women and children, the provision of a fire-guard is urgently recommended. These are now made at such a reasonable price that it is incumbent upon even the poorest to obtain them. It may be added that Merryweather’s system of periodical visitation by a staff of fire inspectors is now extensively adopted by the nobility and gentry. For the various methods of rendering wood, clothes, &c., fire-proof, the reader is referred to ‘Workshop Receipts,’ Second Series, pp. 289-300. SUPPLEMENTARY LITERATURE. Ernest Turner: ‘Hints to Househunters and Householders.’ London,