10 AUGUST 1929, Page 28

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Hazebrouck, Ypres, Armentieres, Courtrai, Bethune, St. Pol, Mons—what names of pride and sorrow are recalled by turning the pages of The Silent Cities ! This illustrated guide to the war cemeteries in France and Flanders, by Mr. Sidney Hurst (Methuen, 10s. 6d.), contains a thousand illustrations of the places where our dead lie, together with admirably clear instructions to enable visitors to find their way. Such a book has long been needed, for it is a memorial to the fallen as well as a guide to relatives. The whole is beautifully pro. dueed, and edited with scrupulous care.