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Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales :

a Handbook of Inland Navigation. By Henry Rodolph. (H. Blacklock and Co. 21s. net.)—This is not a portable volume, after the fashion of the familiar " Bradahaw." Such would be of no use. But it contains particulars of the means now available for

the conveyance of goods by water (otherwise than by sea). If the system were as well organised as is that of the railways, with quotable rates (a beginning has been made in this direction). internal trade would be greatly benefited. This volume should be useful f(A• this purpose.