16 APRIL 1927, Page 17

Mr. Abe Mitchell's deeply interesting The Essentials of Golf (Hodder

and Stoughton, 7s. 6d.) can only be recommended here and not reviewed. It is wonderfully good value for the money and we trust it will attain a large circulation, for there is no one so depressing to himself and his fellows as the desperate golfer. Mr. Mitchell emphasizes all the old points, but he drives them home with the same strength and ability as he displays on the tee. There are one hundred and nineteen excellent " action " photographs, and we believe that no one could study them and the text without improving his game. Golf, of course, is largely a mental exercise ; before each stroke is played, even in practice, a clear mental picture should be formed of what it is intended to do—a precept which applies to more than games.