The English Lakes By George Robert Mill (George Philip and
Son.)—This is the reprint of a paper, originally published in the Geographical Journal, on the " Bathymetrical Survey of the English Lakes." The lakes selected are ten in number,—Winder- were, with an area of 5.69 square miles, a maximum depth of 219 ft., and a volume of 12,250 million cubic feet, being the largest ; Buttermere, with the corresponding figures, 36, 94, and 637, is the smallest. Haweswater has the greatest elevation above sea-level, 694 ft. ; Windermere the lease; 130 ft The greatest depth, 258 ft., is found in Wastwater (It is interesting to note, a propos of a discussion now going on, that the contents of Windermere would supply the population of Greater London with water for about a year and a half, allowing thirty gallons a head per diem.) The paper is illustrated throughout with good photographs and detailed maps. It is a very thorough and valuable piece of work.
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