7 JULY 1888, page 15

Books.

DEKKER, AND SOME ELIZABETHAN LYRISTS.* THE wisdom of the rule which the somewhat cynical banker- poet Rogers laid down for himself, "always to read an old book when a new one......

M. De Lesseps's Recollections.* Tins Is, On The Whole, A

disappointing book. The very title is a misnomer, for a great part of the book is taken up with dis- quisitions upon various subjects—steam, the duties of Consuls, Algeria,......