The Hampstead Annual. Edited by Greville E. Matheson and Sydney
C. 31tiyle. (Mayle. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. R. F. Iforton makes a complaint in which many dwellers in the suburbs will join,—that there is no life of their own in these places. London drains them dry, absorbing all the feeling and interest that else- where go to Make up local patriotism. Some kind of a remedy is supplied by such a publication as this. A place which has vigour enough to keep up an " Annual " may claim to have a life of its own. Hampstead has no lack of local interests, and ought to be more independent of its great neighbour than any other suburb, if we regard the occupations and quality of its residents. The Annual is in its way a success. Professor Hales finds occasion for a pleasant historical paper on the sign of an obscure inn, "The King of Bohemia" (James L's unlucky and foolish son-in-law); Dr. Garnett writes about Keats, Leigh Hunt, and Joanna Baillie (poets connected with Hampstead) ; there is a pleasant biographical sketch, "Margaret Gullies," by Canon Ainger ; and Miss Constance Hill has something worth reading to tell us about the painter Constable. We wish The Hampstead Annual well.
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