Moorland Idylls. By Grant Allen. (Chatto and Windus.)—We are always
glad to meet Mr. Grant Allen on the moor or the meadow or in the wood. We do not admire him as a social reformer, but as an observer he is excellent. He has a keen eye and a ready power of illustration, comparison, and deduction. In this volume he tells us about the rabbit, to whose vagaries of appetite he is extraordinarily kind; about the adder, for whom he professes a liking ; about quails, and we know not how many other kinds of creatures. He tells us, too, about plants as well as animals. It is an interesting point that he makes when he says that plants have a keener struggle for life than animals. We may mention the chapter on the " Spotted Orchis," and that on the underground development of trees under the title of "The Root of the Matter."
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