Mum/J.14E0ns. — The Human Frame and the Laws of Health. By
Dr. leebmann and Dr. Seiler. Translated by F. W. Keeble, M.A. (J. M. Dent and Co. is. net.)—This is one of the "Temple' Encyclosnedic Primers." The first part is a description of the normal human frame and • its working ; the second -con. tains the rules by which the normal condition is maintained. There is plenty of information in the volume, but it is strangely silent about exercise. Possibly if the authorship had been English we should have heard more about this essential of life. —Paris of To-Day. By /Katherine de Forest. (Gay and Bird. 35. 6d.)—This is not by any means a guide-book ; it is something far better: It may indeed be advantagtously* read by any one who is meditating a visit to France. But its real value is of a more permanent kind. It is a delicate, sympathetic study of French character and French life. Miss de Forest does not admire all Frenclithings unreservedly. The great French shops, for instance, have not, she thinks, the distinction of the great American shops. And she finds much fault with the French Constitution. Very likely she hits the nail on the bead when she says that-the- French people "do not much care how they are governed." There is much shrewd observation on very various subjects in this volume, and it-is well worth reading.— Of holiday publications we have Cassell's Pictorial Guide to the Clyire:(Cfautell'aiid oa:-) and Ireiaridfoi- ta-Haidays (Raiiibay News Office), an illustrated guide to a_ number of Irish localities, giving information about scenery, amusements, transit, accom- modation, &c.—We . take occasion by it to mention • the Report, 1899-1900, of the "National Society for the Prevention-of- Ciuelty to Children," in which the necessity of appointing more inspectors is strongly_ urged.-7--Pictorial Practical gardening, by Walter P. Wright (Cassell and Co., is.), will be found a useful little book, carrying out its title, for the pictures are of a service- able kind, and the suggestions are full of practical utility.— We gladly call attention to an illustrated pamphlet, Colchester's New Town Hall and Municipal Buildings, by Wilson Marriage and W. Gurney. Benham. Colchester is disposed to act as becomes a county town. The new buildings are worthy of this position. It is intended to establish in them a repertory of county objects of interest and importance. Local art, local antiquities, &c., are to find a.place there. It is an admirable idea, and will, we hope, be eitensiVely f011owed.---We have received from Messrs. George Newnee several numbers of their fortnightly series of Celebrities of the Army," edited by Commander C. N. Robinson. Ihey consist of *very finely coloured photographs of our present- laintilitary heroes with concise biographies. • Rather sinkularly he least satisfactory portrait is that of Lord Roberts ; it has a lull and lifeless look.—Cycling in the Alps, by C. L. Freeston (Grant .Richards, 5s.), 13 a book of practical instruction which will commend itself to the more adventurous traveller.—The Official Guide to the Great Eastern Railway. (Cassell and Co. is.)
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