Glimpses of Europe. Edited by W. C. Procter. (Isbister.)— In
this book we have a good idea admirably worked out. It con- sists of a series of articles on various places in Europe, written in a popular style by such well-known writers as the late Miss Muloch, Dr. Donald Macleod, Dr. Stoughton, Mrs. Edward Garnett, Mr. Philip Meadows Taylor, and the Rev. E. D. Price. When it is noted that among the places written upon are St. Cloud, Mount Etna, Rome, Weimar, the Engadine, Capri, St. Petersburg, and the Leper Hospital at Bergen, it will be seen that the editor is correct in saying that his book is "on the wing," and in claiming for it that " some glimpses of Europe thus given bring before the mind scenes rich in the memory of ancient heroism ; others sparkle with the beauties of Art ; others, again, introduce us to some of the grandest scenes in Nature." There is not one paper in the book which is not brightly written; and wherever there is a story of man as well as of Nature to reproduce, it is
admirably told, as is Mrs. Armitage's account of the historical tragedy which destroyed the greatness of Dinant-sur-Meuse. The illustrations are numerous and carefully executed. We do not know a better book to put into the hands of a boy or girl in love with Nature and history.
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