24 MAY 1879, Page 22

Rides Out and About : a Book of Travels and

Adventures. (Religious Tract Society.)—" The Rambles of an Australian School Inspector" is the largest of the three articles which compose this book. It is extremely interesting, though sense of interest is historical, for the experiences date back as far as thirty years. We wonder whether they still have in Australia such marvels of intelligence as the little monitor of five, who taught her class with such success.