The Harmony of the Empire. By " Nemo." (A. Heywood
and Son, Manchester. 6s.)—The object of this book is best explained by quoting the sub-title, "A Series of Sketches in Pictorial Geography of the British Possessions and Spheres of Influence." It seems to give a coo pieta account of that very large and Complex entity, the Empire, and should be interesting as well as useful. Possibly it aims at too much. We often wish, as we read, that the author did not feel compelled to hurry on. After all, what really catches the attention is detail. And there should be a map. " Pictorial geography " without a map sounds odd ; and the map with the familiar patches of red cropping up every- where is really a very impressive thing. " Ogygian," on p. 66, is surely a misprint fur Ogygia. Why should Calypso be described as the " Goddess of Silence" ? In the Odyssey, at least, she is distinctly talkative. Her story occupies about a hundred and ninety lines in Odyssey V., and not less than a third is taken up with what she says.
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