Ilerbert Strang's Annual (H. Milford, 8s. 6d. net), appearing for
the fourteenth year in succession, contains a set of short stories-of schooldays, the War, the Far West, and so on-with a few articles, one of which describes the work'of Trinity House. The volume is well illustrated and most readable.-The Oxford Annual for Scouts, edited by Herbert Strang (H. Milford, 7s. 6d. net), opens with an article by Sir Robert Baden-Powell himself, and is a pleasant mixture of articles on the many subjects that a scout ought to know, with fiction and pictures. Mrs. Strang's Annual for Girls (H. Milford, 8s. 6d. net) con. tains stories, articles and poetry, all attractively illustrated. It is a sign of the times that one article is headed " On Starting Golf, by an English International " ; the elders no longer monopolize the links.-The series is completed with Mrs. Strang's Annual for Children and Mrs. Strang's Annual for Bay (same publisher. 6s. 6d. net each). The baby's book is printed in very large type on what should be untearable cardboard leaves and is well illustrated in colours.
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