22 JULY 1916, Page 20

The Life and Letters of Sir John Henniker Heaton, Bt.

By his Daughter Mrs. Adrian Porter. (John Lane. 10s. net.)—This record of the life of the great Postal Reformer gives us a pleasant picture of his wide circle of friends, of his home, of his travels, and of his untiring energy in political and social work and play. His genial nature and kindness of heart won him the friendship of the people with whom he came into contact, and in this book we can turn back for a moment to the stories and the gossip and the varied interests which helped to occupy the men and women of the " ruling classes " in the years before the war.