London's Lure : an Anthology in Prose and Verse. By
Helen and Lewis (G: Bell and Sons. 3s. Gd. net.)—Here we have a collection of what a number of people, famous more or less, have written about London ; and a very fine collection it is. The arrangement-lie admirable. First we have some general aspects,— " Town and Country," ." Dawn," and "Night After this come the various districts of London,—" Hyde Park and.Kettsington Gardens," " Piccadilly," and so on, till we reach the City. "The River and the River Side" follows. Then we have" Rain, Smoke, and Fog " ; then " Some Literary Men in London," "Songs and Ballads," dsc. But where is Tennyson's, with the
Lights of London, flaring like a dreary dawn " P
We do not :approach' London in this way now ; but those who ha,ie seen the far-off "glare" will not forget it. The volume is delightful.
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