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bungaloid growth and from the onslaughts of the beauty spot hunter as much, if not more, than any other county, Mr. Gordon Home con- siders that she has not yet been " entirely robbed of those qualities which endear her to so many lovers of Nature and architecture." In The Charm of Surrey (Black, 7s. 6d.) Mr. Gordon Home certainly does much to justify this assumption. The reader of this book will learn, if he does not know already, of the infinite variety of the charms of Surrey, with its Downs, its weald, its remote little villages, its less well-known views and its historical and architectural places of interest. The book is illustrated by Mr. Gordon Home's charming but rather flat pencil sketches.

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