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The Path to Paris. By Frank Rutter. With Illustrations by

Hanslip Fletcher. (John Lane. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Rutter tells us that he and his colleague, "The Limner," after comparing various routes, determined to make the journey to Paris along the banks of the Seine. They started from Havre, and carried out their plan so well that they never lost sight of the river for much longer than an hour during their journey. The writer has, it seems, a special interest in art, and has much that is interesting to say on this subject, and, indeed, on other matters. His narra- tive, too, is agreeably illustrated by the pencil of his collaborateur. It is a pity that he should find a pleasure not only in depreciating his own countrymen, but in drawing his depreciation from a necessarily tainted source.