16 MAY 1914, Page 26

A Handbook to Rome. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 2s. 6d.

net.)—. This addition to a well-known series of " Continental Hand- books " gives a clear and trustworthy—though necessarily a very condensed—account of the things worth seeing in Rome and its neighbourhood. It is written to meet the wants of the tourist who has to content himself with eleven days in Rome for thirteen guineas, or who takes the author's advice and manages a stay of three weeks at an inclusive cost of £20—to do which it is "necessary to exercise care." For such hasty travellers it should be quite adequate: others may think that one morning and ten pages hardly suffice for the Forum.