7 MAY 1904, Page 23

The Unlucky Golfer. By Maurice C. Rime, LL.D. (Simpkin, Marshall,

and Co. 6d. net.}—Dr. Rime, after many years of

literary industry, has found his way to the subject of golf. He has an excellent moral to enforce : that luck is, on the whole, equally divided, and that we ought to be equally prompt in recognising the good and the bad. Bad luck is commonly bad play, the just retribution on those who, to use Dr. Rime's vigorous language,—

" Strike with club-heel or toe, not centre-face, Scurry from green to green at breathless pace, While turf they spoil, nor divots e'er replace ; Heedless of wind, make tees of mountain size, Thence hoist the gutty side-ways toward the skies, Viewing its awkward course with sulphurous surprise."