15 FEBRUARY 1896, Page 23

The Buried Cities of Vesuvius. By J. Fletcher Horne, M.D.

(Hazell, Watson, and Viney.)—Dr. Horne has nothing particularly new to say, but he puts together in a clear and agreeable narrative the facts that we have about the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and about the social life, !cc., which the remains of these places reveal to us. There are, of course, more learned and technically complete books on the subject, but the reader will find a considerable mass of information put within easy reach in this volume. There are photographic illustrations of the chief streets, the amphitheatre, &c.