20 JUNE 1896, Page 25

The Flower of England's Force. By Julia R. C. Dorr.

(Mac- millan and Co.)—One of the delightful little books which the Americans write about the Old Country. If they are only as pleasant to write as they are pleasant to read, the author must have a good time. Miss Dorr and a companion, who goes under the name of Saint Katharine, spent a week in Wales, paid a visit to the Isle of Wight, and in the Isle to Freshwater, where they were unlucky enough to miss the Laureate by a day. The Forest of Arden and Stratford, also Haworth, they saw, and then went northwards as far as Inverness and the Caledonian Canal. There is nothing particularly clever or new in the book, but it is full of kindly liking and sympathy.