16 NOVEMBER 1912, Page 40

This and That. By H. Belloc. (Methuen and Co. 5s.)—As

is usually his practice, Mr. Belloc has provided us with a volume that can be read with pleasure and ease. His new collection of essays resembles former efforts in this as in other respects. Some of his satire is perhaps a little tamer, and some of his jokes are less pointed. But there is still plenty to entertain and amuse. Better still, Mr. Belloc gives us some more of those pictures of scenery in which he has long excelled, and of which his account of the Ebro Valley shows that he has not lost any of his mastery.