15 APRIL 1922, Page 24

Jane's Admirals. By James Davidson. (Glasgow : G. Outram &

Co. is. net).—Mr. Davidson, the editor of the Bulletin, the Scottish illustrated daily, has reprinted in this pleasant little book some of the articles on men and books and scenery which he has contributed to his paper. Mr. Davidson treats his subjects lightly, but always with a scholarly touch. The article that gives its title to the book is concerned with the Admirals sketched in Jane Austen's novels ; other papers of interest relate to Dickens, Meredith and Stevenson.