Three books about what some people think will be the
indoor game of the future may be mentioned together, Table-Tennis : a Handbook to Ping-Pong, by M. J. G. Ritchie and Walter Harrison (C. Arthur Pearson, ls.) ; How to Ploy Ping-Pong, by the Hon. Secretary of the Ping-Pong Association (S. H. Benefield); and Ping- Pong : the Game, and How to Play it, by Arnold Parker (T. Fisher Unwin, ls. net). We shall not attempt to decide between them. In all the subject is treated scientifically, with illustrative diagrams, &c. The game may be played without these instructions; yet they have their use, for no game thrives un- less there are some players who strive after perfection in it. But for most people the charm of the game is the simplicity and cheapness of the requisites and the ease with which the necessary conditions of space, &c., can be obtained.
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