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Mr. Patrick R. Chalmers, whose poetry will outlive that of

many larger-sounding authors, both by reason of it virility and its intimate knowledge of outdoor life, has pub. lished a volume of papers—prose and verse—instinct with his peculiar charm in At the Sign of the Dog and Gun (Philip Allan, 12s. 6d.). Most of these delightful essays have been published in Punch or the Field, and we can imagine no better book for a winter fireside, or as a Christmas gift.