The Highland Bagpipe. By W. L. Manson. (Alexander Gardner. 'is.
6d. net.) —We shall be content to make a general recommendation of this book to our readers. It contains the "History, Literature, and Music, with some Account of the lraditions, Superstitions, and Anecdotes relating to the Instru- ment and its Tunes." Something like the bagpipe, it should be understood, is known in most European countries. Most of us have seen and heard the pifferari, an importation from Italy, and certainly a more welcome one than the organ-grinder. In the British Islands there are three recognised varieties, one of them English, if Northumbria is English. About these and other matters Mr. Manson has much that is interesting to tell us. A Southron had better, it may be, be silent on the sub- ject, for his praise might be as unwelcome as his censure. Let it be enough, then, to recommend this volume to the notice of our readers.
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