14 DECEMBER 1907, Page 26

Praise of the Simple Life. Compiled by Ernest C. Baker.

(G. Routledge and Sons. 2s. -fid. net.)—This is an anthology, divided chronologically into sections. The first takes us back to the classics from Moschus to Virgil. Then under the title of " Dawn of a New Age" we have selections from Chaucer onwards. The "Age of Expansion" introduces us to a long series of poets , from Thomas Nash down to Vaughan. Finally comes the "Ago. of Reason," beginning with Pope and ending with Rogers.. A , careful selection this, and made on a good principle.