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The Young Sportsman. Edited by A. E. T. Watson. (Lawrence

and Bullen. 10s. 6d.)—Mr. Watson, the editor of the Badminton Magazine, has put together in this volume the articles in the "Encyclopedia of Sport" (published by the same firm) which seem most necessary for boys who are to grow up with tastes and knowledge for outdoor exercise and field sports. Some of the articles have been furnished with introductions, covering, for the sake of young readers, what their seniors were supposed to know. The book will no doubt be appreciated, but it is not a case in which the half is greater than the whole. The parent "Encyclo- pedia," if not too expensive, is a very valuable book of reference of its kind.