Town Study. By M. M. Penstone. (National Society. ls. net.)
—Miss Penstone, having given us a book on Nature Study, has fol- lowed it up with this, " suggestions for a Course of Lessons preliminary to the Study of Civics." A few examples will make the writer's purpose clear. After some introductory chapters we come to one which tells us "why towns are where they are," water sup- ply, the ford over a river, facilities for defence being among the " whys." Then we hear about their names—how they were developed, how their inhabitants worked and amused themselves, how they were ruled, how they managed their business, how the parish church is found to occupy a place which would not now be resigned to it, Low traffic was accommodated, how health was safeguarded, how the children were taught and the poor provided for. Of these and many other kindred subjects Miss Penstone treats in this most interesting volume. We have never seen a greater bulk of information compressed into a volume of modest size. It is set off, too, with a large number of illustrations.
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