Modern Golf. By P. A. Valle. (A. and C. Black.
7e. 6d. net.) —Mr. Vaile has had the help of George Duncan, attached to the Hanger Hill Golf Club, a young professional of the highest promise, in furnishing illustrations. It is impossible to say how far a book can help a man to improve his play ; something, doubtless, it does for him. One thing is quite certain, that criticism of such books is useless. We will content ourselves with commending the volume to, the attention of players.— Nisbet's Golf Year-Book. Edited by John L. Low. (James Nisbet and Co. 2s. Gd. not.)—Mr. Low, assisted by a battalion of contributors, among whom.we see the names of eminent golfers, professional and amateur, tells us all that we can want to know about golf. First we have the rules of golf in general, and special rules for " bogey" competitions; then come what in a law treatise would be called "cases." An article on golf in 1908 and accounts of the championship meetings of the year follow. Then we have "Minor Amateur Events," international and inter-University matches, " Who's Who " of the golfing world, amateur and pro- fessional, and a list of the golf clubs of the world. Six maps of famous golf courses illustrate the volume.—We may mention at the same time a volume of "holiday literature," The Châteaux of the Loire, by Marcel Monmarche (Hachette et Cie., 3 fr.) This is one of the "Joanne Handbooks"; all necessary information about itineraries, hotels, means of access to the houses, &c., supplied.
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