The Coasts of Devon and Lundy Island. By J. L.
W. Page. (Horace Cox.) —Mr. Page has got in the Devonshire coasts, with their great variety of scenery, a large and fertile subject. He has, it is true, no great power of painting word-pictures, but he knows what he is writing about. Wherever he takes us we see that we are, so to speak, "personally conducted." The volume is somewhat cumbrous ; its weight would make it an inconvenient addition to luggage ou the more moderate scale. This is a pity, because it is distinctly a book to be taken about with one. Such works can hardly be attractive to read through. But the qualifi- cations of a genuine knowledge of, and an equally genuine affec- tion for, the country described make it a very eligible companion. The illustrations, many of them from sketches by the author, are mostly pleasing.
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