17 JULY 1909, page 24

Some Books Of The Week.

Mader this Leading we notice such Book, of the week as have not bee. reserved for review in other forms.] In a Good Cause. By F. Anstey, Sir Gilbert Parker, Owen Seamiui, and......

The Earth's Bounty. By Kate V. St. Maur. (macmillan And

Co. Ts. 6d. net.)—This book is a story of amateur farming. "Amateur," we say, not by way of depreciation, for affairs seem to have been managed efficiently and with good result,......

The Safety Of British Railways. By H. Rayner Wilson. (p.

S. King and Son. 3s. 6d. net.)—We have improved the machine ad thoroughly that accidents are reduced to a minimum, or, rather, should have been so reduced, had as much been done......

Country Residences In Europe And America. By Louis...

Lemoyne. (T. Fisher Unwin. 25s. net.)—The author has spent the past two years, or, we may be sure, a considerable part of them, in visiting and representing by measuring-line,......

Out Island Church. By Douglas Macleane, M.a. (g. Allen And

Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—The "Sketches from the History of English Church and State" are full of life and spirit, but we find some of the scenes and figures not a little strange.......

Town Planning And Modern Architecture At The Hampstead...

(T. Fisher Uuwin. is. net.)—Various matters of the greatest importance are discussed in this pamphlet. Every one, it is true, cannot live at Hampstead, and there are those who......

Readable Novxr,s.—our Little Town. By Charles Lee....

3s. 6d.)—These "Cornish Tales and Fancies" are full of humour. "A Strong Man" is perhaps the best: a very prince among non-workers was Theophilus Pennywarn.— The Affair on the......

The Norfolk And Suffolk Coast. By W. A. Dutt. (t.

Fisher Unwin. 6s. net.)—The stretch of coast from Felixstowe to King's Lynn' may be roughly estimated at a hundred and fifty miles, though a pedestrian who should actually......