20 JULY 1912, Page 26

The New Forest. Described by Elizabeth Godfrey. Pictured by E.

W. Ilaslehurst. (Mackie and Son. 2s. net.)—Miss Godfrey knows the Forest well, and describes it sympathetically though (but perhaps this is the same thing) unmethodicelly. Those who know the Forest equally well may perhaps feel regret that some of their favourite spots are passed by unnoticed, but for the visitor the book is likely to be a sufficient help. Miss Godfrey does not keep to the roads, and it is to be feared that the footpaths may prove too deceptive for a stranger to disentangle even with her careful guidance. But after all there is no better way of making the Forest's acquaintance than by getting lost in it.