25 FEBRUARY 1893, Page 24

Holiday Wanderings in Madeira. By A. E. W. Mason. (Samp-

son Low, Marston, and Co.)—This is a lively and readable account of the pleasures and pains of travel in Madeira, of the picturesque scenery, the inconveniences of the inns, the badness of the food, and other cognate matters. Altogether, a vivid impression is left on the reader, who will be strongly tenanted to go, or, if comfort be highly thought of, as strongly dissuaded against going. Ms. Mason has a weakness for making bad jokes, and he writes about Sunday observance in a quite foolish way. Our Sundays may be dull, but they would not be enlivened by work.