18 DECEMBER 1915, Page 25

The Book of Sundials and their Mottoes. (T. N. Foulis.

Se. 6d. net.)—" True as a dial to the sun " is a Saying as old as Hudibras. Nowadays sundials are not set up as emblems of honesty or to do the service of clocks, but as decorative objects. As such they are the subject of an essay by Mr. Launcelot Cross in this neat little volume illustrated in colour by Mr. Rawlings. There are some interesting drawings of certain famous dials by Mr. Warrington Hogg, and a comprehensive collection of Latin and English mottoes.