27 MARCH 1915, Page 25

In spite of the rivalry of such modern inventions as

the "jig.saw," Patience remains as the staple recreation for the solitary mind. Two additions to the literature of the subject will accordingly find a wide welcome. These are d New Book of Patience Games and A Second New Book of Patience Games, both by Ernest Bergholt (Routledge and Sons, Is. net each).