1 JUNE 1912, Page 24

The Complete Bowler. By James A. Manson. (A. and C.

Black. 3s. 6d. net.)—By " Bowler " is meant a player at bowls, not a cricketer handling the ball as against the man who handles the bat. Mr. Manson tolls us all about the game, about its history— it is traced back to the thirteenth century, FitzStephon's iactus lapidum being taken to mean "putting the stone "— and about its practice.