TRENCHER AND KENNEL: SOME FAMOUS YORK- SHIRE PACKS. By Charles
Simpson, R.I. (The Bodley Head. 42s.)—This is not the first feast that Mr. Simpson has served to the hunting community, and no one is likely to quarrel with the fare provided. Every available source of information has been carefully examined (a bibliography is appended) and the letterpress is full of interesting allusions to custom and history. But the illustrations must be the principal appeal in any volume by Mr. Simpson. Always delicate in his lights and shades, he is in his element in dim half-lights, such as "Sunset on the Wolds," and in frosty twilight landscapes, such as "An Evening Draw : Fox Hill." The mounted figures are conven- tional and dull, but the backgrounds are peculiarly rich and give a great effect of space. The book is beautifully produced ; and every Yorkshireman, whether he hunts or no, should possess it as a fascinating commentary on his county.
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