The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast. By W. A. Dutt. (T.
Fisher Unwin. 6s. net.)—The stretch of coast from Felixstowe to King's Lynn' may be roughly estimated at a hundred and fifty miles, though a pedestrian who should actually follow the lino of shore would .prebably find this distance exceeded. Not a few of the names' are well known. Some are more or less fashionable watering-places ; some are linked in one way or another to history, Orford,-,-for instance, and Walsingham with statesmen of repute, and Southwold with a great sea-fight. Dunwich stands out prominently in a story about which Mr. Dutt has much to tell us, the battle between sea and land, as we may oftll it. A thousand years ago it was a centre of life in East Anglia, now it is an insignificant village; then it held a Bishop's chair, now it is a 'vicarage with, the cure of some hundred and sixty souls. Of course this coast does not vie in historical interest with the South, nor in picturesqueness with that which bounds the counties of Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall. Nevertheless in both respects it has much to show. Not the least interesting feature is to be found in the magnificent churches which recall the days when East Anglia was the most prosperous region in England (Kent possibly excepted). It is a curious fact, however, that some very fine buildings seem to have been erected in places which we cannot find over to have been of great importance. The subject which 'Sir. Dutt treats in this volume'
abounds in many kinds of interest, and it has fallen into most capable hands. No one is more of an expert in' East Anglian' . matters, and he has the art of setting off his knowledge to advantage.
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