Modern Polo. By E. D. Miller. Edited by M. H.
Hayes. (Thacker and Co.)—" Polo," says Mr. Miller, " is far more general in India than in England, and enjoys many advantages that cannot be obtained in this country." One important point is that polo ponies are much cheaper. India, too, is the native country of the game. It is enthusiastically followed by some native princes, who have teams which no English club can vanquish. Why should we not have an international polo match, as Mr. Miller suggests ? This book gives all the information that the polo- player requires, and we are glad to commend it, with the reserve that the game is far too expensive for ordinary purses. Even in India, where, as stated above, it is cheaper, it has been found to be very burdensome.—Along with this volume may be mentioned another, dealing with a cognate subject, but curiously different in character, Korean Games, by Stewart Culin (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.) Of these games there is an immense variety. Some are athletic, the "tug-of-war," for instance, which is played by whole villages ; wrestling, /cc. The games of skill and chance of the chess, draughts, cards, and domino type are very various, are numbered indeed by hundreds. The volume is illustrated with reproductions of native pictures, and is intended as "a practical introduction to the study of the games of the world." The ethnological importance of games is notless than that of folk-lore.
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