29 AUGUST 1896, Page 24

Footprints of the Lion, and other Stories of Travel. By

Major- General J. Blaksley. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—By the "Footprints. of the Lion" we are to understand the shores of the Eastern Adriatic, regions where the lion of St. Mark once held sway. The traveller accordingly visited Abbazia, in what is called the Austrian Riviera, Zara (famous as the causa tcterrima of the Fifth, otherwise Fourth, Crusade), Spalato, Salona (with the relics of the Palaces of Diocletian), the Black Mountains, and other spots well worth a visit. Then we have an Indian sketch, experiences in the Mediterranean, and in Singapore. Really this is a lovely volume, and the illustrations (from photographs) add to its attractions.