21 FEBRUARY 1891, Page 25

European Days and Ways. By Alfred E. Lee. (J. P.

Lippincott, Philadelphia.)—Mr. Lee either did not visit England, or does not choose to say anything about it. This is a disappointment, for we always like to hear something about ourselves. Praise is pleasant, and censure does not much trouble us. As it is, there is little to interest us in this volume, which goes over ground familiar to many readers. We do not remember that Tacitua (who must be meant by the "Roman writers" of p. 73) describes the Germans as "given to agriculture."