The Country Month by Month. By J. H. Owen and
G. S. Bonlger, F.L.S. (Duckworth and Co. Gs.)—This is a new edition which can only receive a short notice in our columns. A vast deal of pleasant reading on Nature and natural history is collected into these five hundred pages under the twelve months of the year. Some are the observations of the authors, some compila- tions from other books, quotations from the rustic poets, and folk- lore. Botany, ornithology, and entomology are all discursively treated in their season. A few notes of the late Lord Lilford are added at the end of the chapters, though it is not always clear when his remarks end and the authors' begin. We strongly recommend those who find this sort of "country literature" a pleasant and soothing mental food to get the book and read it for themselves. It is one of the best of the kind that we have lately come across, and contains a great amount of information.
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