SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude sis* sequent review.]
Memories of the Months. Sixth Series. By Sir Herbert Maxwell. (E. Arnold. 10s. 6d. net.)—We are glad to see a new selection from Sir Herbert Maxwell's note-books. He is so keenly interested in wild nature, sport, and history that his observations and reminiscences are always readable. The notes are arranged according to the calendar, but the author holds himself free to turn from wild swans to the leek, and again to heraldry, or from the question " Who was St. Enoch 7 "—the modern Glasgow corruption of St. Thenew, mother of St. Kenti- gem or Mungo—to a consideration of the food of otters. In the course of a little essay on the char he tells us how excited he was at the discovery of some char in a Highland loch, having forgotten
that he himself had sent them there from a hatchery. It is a charming book to dip into, like its five predecessors.
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