The Badminton Library : Driving. By the Duke of Beaufort.
(Long-mans and Co.)—This new volume of the Badminton Library is second to none of the series, either in general interest or general lucidity. His Grace's introduction is pleasant and very much to the point ; and so, indeed, are the other chapters from his pen. Though all the articles in this book are good, we must pick out the Duke of Beaufort's "Posting in England," "On the Box," and "The Brighton, Bath, and Dover Roads," Lady Georgina Curzon's "Tandem Driving," and Lord Algernon St. Maur's "Old Coaching Days," as the best ; the last-mentioned article we regard as the best of these. By-the-bye, we are afraid that the day when the 'Rod Lion ' people at Barnet could see a mile from their door is past. Other interest- ing and valuable articles are Mr. Blew's "The Coaching Revival," Major-General Teesdale's "Sleighing," Mr. Hooper's "Modern Carriages," and Major Dixon's articles, which we recommend to beginners, as we do also Lord Onslow's invaluable advice on "The Carriage-Horse." Moreover, the articles on Coaching possess a melancholy interest, and in time will have considerable value as reminiscences of the palmy days of English driving. The illustra- tions, by G. D. Giles and John Sturgeon, are numerous and capital, and, indeed, quite up to the level of the articles. We prophesy a wide popularity for Driving.
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