Toledo. By Hannah' Lynch. Illustrated by Helen M. James. (J.
M. Dent and Co. 3s. 6d.)—This story of " An. Old Spanish Capital" has been put into competent hands, and keeps up, both by text and illustration, the character of the series to which it belongs. It begins with a vivid contrast between Madrid the new and Toledo the old, passes on to the history, legendary and genuine, of the city, taking us through the narrative of the Gothic Kings, the rule of the Moslems, and the later story. The Cathedral, of course, has a chapter for itself ; from this we pass to art, represented chiefly by the painter El Greco. Other matters are dealt with ; and there .s a very brief practical chapter which bids the traveller-most emphatically to go to the Hotel Castilla, and warns him that he must be prepared to " tip " the sacristans at the churches.—Durham Cathedral, by J. E. Bygate"(G. Bell and Sons, ls. 6d.), is a volume in another series, which, though somewhat unequal in execution and demanding a little more general supervision, may be generally commended. May we venture to suggest that though Bishop Bering was "a man of unbounded charity and goodness," he certainly did not "win the affection of all with whom he had to do," not of Dr. Dykes certainly, and of the High Church clergy generally ?
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