Under Pet raia, with Some Saunterings. By the Author of
"In a Tuscan Garden." (John Lane. 5s. net.)—The author, who has made herself most favourably known to many readers by her earlier book, tells us how she had to quit her "Tuscan Garden" through a change of proprietors—the new people were too high and mighty te have a neighbour—and how after not a little search- ing she found another resting-place. She makes this change, and various incidents following upon it, the occasion of much pleasant talk. Gardening is her chief subject, we may say ; but she has something to tell us about many matters, some of them quite serious,—the very serious estimate of Italian character, for intance on p. 170. And we must not forget the affectionate references to the "dumb friends" of the house,—why a dog is called dumb, it is not easy to say. This is a very pleasant book to read. Open it where you will, you will find something that holds your attention.
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