We gladly welcome the ninth half -yearly volume (January-June) of
Country Life (G. Newnes, 21s.), a weekly magazine which con- cerns itself de re rustica. In this subject many things, serious and sportive, are included. There is agriculture and horticulture, cricket (about which Mr. F. C. J. Ford contributes some sensible notes), golf, fishing, and other kindred things. There are picture.s and descriptions of great country houses (some foreign villas are included, we see). There are even articles on the theatre, a matter which savours of the city rather than the country. On the distinctly serious side we have some valuable articles on cottage-building and rural economy generally. We would specially commend to our readers' notice the facts and figures given on pp. 25-6 relating to the " Winterslow Small Holdings." The experiment seems to promise well. Indeed, it has begun to perform. Generally, Country Life is full of interesting matter to suit very various readers, as well as being among the most beautifully illustrated of our pictorial newspapers.
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