24 APRIL 1909, Page 14

In and About Nottinghamshire. By Robert Mellors. (S. and H.

Bell, Nottingham. 5s. net.)—Mr. Mellors is evidently well read in the history of his county, and he has taken much pains to gather information from many quarters. The county history proper is beyond the means of many readers. Such a volume as this, while not pretending to supersede it, may very well serve for such as a substitute, or, possibly, for that is, indeed, more to be desired, as an introduction. Here we have something like an equal division between the past and the present. The first part is given to history ; in the second, "Local," and third, "Social," the present comes in. Altogether, this is a highly useful volume.