GUIDE - BOOKS. — A Handbook for Travellers in Algeria. (Murray.)— Many people just
now are probably meditating a flight to the South, and some among them will find Mr. Murray's last addition to his series of "Handbooks" a very seasonable publication. The plan of these volumes is so well known and their reputation for trustworthiness so well established, that we need not do more than commend the volume to our readers. These, if they need the information, may take note that they can reach Algiers in less than four days, if they are willing to go straight ahead, at a cost of a little more than £10 if they travel first- class, and £8 if they condescend to the second. Also they may be told that they may live at a cost of from eight to twelve francs per diem at an hotel; that the cuisine is very good, including, among other delicacies,. green peas all the year round.--Vory modest in appearance, but with- out doubt useful, is Rome and its Neighbourhood Visited in Eight Days.. (Triibner.)—We may also mention The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, by K. Bwdeker, fifth edition (Coblentz and Leipsio: Karl Baedeker); and also, belonging to the same series, Northern Germany. —Alpine Guides, by John Ball, late President of the Alpine Club (Longmans), are a series of very convenient volumes, easily carried in the pocket, and illustrated with admirable maps. One volume, for instance, gives the various routes, &c., of the "Bernese Alps, including the Oberland"; another, the "Styrian, Carnic, and Julian Alps"; a third, "The South-Western Alps, including Dauphind and Piedmont, from Nice to the Little St. Bernard"; the " Tyrol " and the "Dolomito Alps " are also separately treated; in fact, the volumes form a very complete guide to the mountaineer. An earlier mention of their merits would have been more appropriate. A review of an "Alpine Guide" in November may possibly seem unreasonable. But there are many climbers one of whose chief winter delights it is to anticipate the excursions of the next summer—a delight that has the advantage of being realised independently of all the accidents that may intervene to prevent the actual excursion itself. To such we may unhesitatingly commend Mr. Ball's useful little books.
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