A Ramble Round the Globe. By Thomas R. Dewar. (Chatto
and Windus.)—Mr. Dewar tells us that he caught a cold "when fighting for the Moderate cause in West Marylebone, for a seat in the London County Council, against representatives of the Church and the Bar " (who, we should have thought, would have been found on his side rather than against him), that he was ordered abroad to find a warmer climate, and that, not caring to choose among climates, he determined to " sample the lot, and go round the world." Hence his journey, and hence his book. As for the book, it would have been better if the author had not so persistently tried to be funny. One thing can be praised without reserve, and that is the illustrations, which are dis- tinctly good. We do not quite understand how they were obtained. Seven gentlemen and the author contributed to them. Did Mr. Dewar take the whole company with him ?
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