17 JANUARY 1903, Page 26

An Old Country House. By Richard Le Gallienne. (Grant Richards.

3s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume of the "Breviary Series," and deals with topics which show Mr. Le Gallienne's ways of thinking and writing to much advantage. The discovery of the old library of books is of the romantic kind. One cannot help asking also—To whom did the books belong ? We must be content with "Perdita's " dictum that "books are different." Anyhow, it gives the author an opportunity for some pleasant talk.