16 MARCH 1918, Page 17

Abbeville Past and Present. By the Rev. H. W. Fox.

(Abbeville : Y.M.C.A. Rouen : J. Girieud.)—This readable little history of Abbeville, with some charming pen-drawings by Lieutenant R. G. Brocklehurst, is a piece of war-work that will interest many civilians, besides the thousands of British soldiers who have had occasion to pass through the delightful old town and its neighbour St. Val6ry.