Highways and Byways in Northamptonshire and Reiland. By H. A.
Evans. (Macmillan. es. net.)—One envies the man who has time and opportunity to explore his own country. Mr. Evan's new volume in the delightful " Highways and Byways" series shows once again that any English county abounds in fine churches, mansions, and manor-houses, and picturesque villages, and that local history is full of curious interest. North- amptonshire has been the scene of many great evente—Beckeea trial, the execution of Mary Queen of Sects, the inception of the Gunpowder Plot, the battle of Naseby. Mr. Evans describes Peterborough Cathedral briefly. His main business, as he rightly conceives, is to deal with the small towns and villages which most of us never see or read about. He does not forget that Northamptonshire attracts the knifing man as well as the architect and the arche.cologist, and gives a closing chapter to the Pytchley, Cottesmore, and other famous packs in "the Shires." Mr. F. L. Griggs contributes numerous charming illustrations.
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