5 DECEMBER 1914, Page 37

Quite the ideal edition of Mrs. Gaskell's charming Cranford is

published by Messrs. Methuen and Co. (3s. 6d. net), with a gossiping and affectionate preface by Mr. E. V. Lucas, notes on the local allusions by the Rev. G. A. Payne, and topographical illustrations by Mr. E. H. New.