16 FEBRUARY 1889, Page 26

Reminiscences of a Pleasant Voyage. By Bluebell Shepherd. (Griffith, Ferran,

and Co.)—This is a cheerful little book about what seems to have been a cheerful experience. The author went to Constantinople and back in a P. and 0. steamer, saw some interesting places, met some agreeable people (she is not very enthusiastic about her fellow-passengers), and missed two months of an English winter. Very naturally, she would have been glad to have missed two more ; even this would hardly have carried her into summer. The P. and 0. Company might print her book in a cheap form, and give it away as an advertisement. It is to be hoped that they will be duly grateful for this suggestion.