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A Handbook to Switzerland. (Ward. Lock. 5s. net.) We are

glad to see an eighth _edition of this unpretentious

but thoroughly practical and accurate little guide-book. It has been carefully revised and the new motor-diligence routes are indicated. We may note that the construction of some mountain railways planned before the War, as for instance from Gletsch over the Furka to Andermatt and beyond, has been delayed by the great convulsion, so that the threatened passes and valleys remain for the present unspoiled. The maps in the book are fairly adequate for