3 SEPTEMBER 1904, Page 25

Country Life. (G. Newnes. 21s. net.)—This stately volume is as

attractive as ever, with its portraits of grandes dames, its pictures of great houses and fine gardens, its memoranda about sport of all kinds, and the quite innumerable miscellanea which fill its pages. Natural history, it should be understood, is not less considered than sport. Some of the best articles and illustra- tions are given to it. We may mention especially "A Sea-birds' Nursery."