10 AUGUST 1895, Page 25

Picturesque Ceylon : Kandy and Peradeniya. By Henry W. Cave.

(Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—We have here some of the most exquisite scenery and vegetation in the world, presented in photographs that are not unworthy of the scenes which they set forth. The plates are thirty-three in number. Among the landscapes we may single out for notice "Kandy Lake," "The Royal Zenana," and "The Orient Sea " ; among the representa- tions of nature, "Bamboos on the Mahaweligangi" and the "Young Talipot." There are also photographs of interesting persons and places, temples and the like, while Mr. Cave fur- nishes a history of the British occupation of the island.