Letters from the Holy Land. By Elizabeth Butler. (A. and
C. Black. 7s. 6d. net.)—Lady Butler's letters and diary, the outcome of a few weeks' Journeyings in Palestine, express simply and forcibly the impressions made on a devout and cultivated mind by the scenes of the Holy Land. The experiences of such a visit to places on which the mind has dwelt for many years, and of which ideals must have been formed, are not always happy. A certain largeness and tolerance of mind are needed. Lady Butler sees and expresses this plainly enough. But she has no kind of regret for having gone. On the contrary, the experience was one of the happiest. One word of warning it would be well to heed. Don't go with a large party. You increase the chance of some unsympathetic presence which may go far to neutralise, not only the pleasure, but the benefit of the whole journey. The sixteen drawings, reproduced in colours, are most attractive. We do not know where we should find better.
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