Richniondshire and the Vale of Mowbray. By Edmund Bogg. Vol.
I., "The Vale of Mowbray." (Elliot Stock. 4s. net.)—Mr. Bogg has already done much to celebrate the beauties of Northern England, and this volume carries on the work. He begins with Aldborough, famous for its abundant Roman remains, and with the prehistoric stones curiously known as the " Arrows." Three of these are still standing—in 1694 there were seven—and Mr. Bogg thinks that they formed part of an avenue leading up to the western gate of the capital town of the Brigantes. From Aldborough and Boroughbridge, which is in the same parish, we pass on to the Vale of the Yore, and from this, again, to the proper subject of the volume, the Vale of Mowbray. Mr. Bogg makes the journey pleasant by his
descriptions and historical and personal references, and also by the copious illustrations, carefully collected by him from various sources. We may mention the description of Fountains Abbey, and some peculiarly attractive pictures of scenery on the Yore by Mr. Gilbert Foster.
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