1 DECEMBER 1900, Page 10

Shakespeare's Country. By John Leyland. (G. Newnes. 10s. 6d. net.)

—Here we have, accompanied by a pleasant, readable letter- press, a full collection of Shakespeare localities. The frontiS• piece gives the bust on the Shakespeare monument, while the title- page represents what is probably a highly idealised head of the poet. Then we come to Stratford Church on one side, and a view of the town and river of Stratford on the other. The birthplace, with its various localities, the grave and monument, the bridge over the Avon (erected by Sir Hugh Clopton), Anne Hathaway's cottage, the seat of the L-ueys, Charlecote Hall, Compton Win- gate, Warwick Castle, Scc., are represented in admirable photo- graphs, numbering about a hundred and fifty.