15 AUGUST 1914, Page 25

Hero - Tales and Legends of the Serbians. By W. M. Petrovitch.

(G. G. Harrap and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—The late Servian Minister, M. Chedo Miyatovich, in his preface to this delightful collection of Servian folk-lore, observes that " British sympathies, even when apparently only platonic, can be of great practical importance for our nation." He goes on to hope that Servia may win sympathy and respect by "other than military features." Certainly those who have leisure to read IL Petrovitch's very entertaining description of Servian popular customs, and his repertory of Servian national legends and fairy-tales, will form a more just idea of his countrymen than their recent history has tended to produce.