2 MARCH 1895, Page 23

Two excellent little manuals may be mentioned together. Both will

be found well worth study by those who are interested in the subjects which they discuss. These are :—The Chess Pocket Manual, by G. H. D. Gossip (Edward Arnold) ; and The Draughts Pocket Manual, by J. G. Cunningham. "Pocket Manual" is not a figure of speech ; the volumes are really of a most convenient size for being carried about.