24 JUNE 1899, Page 38

Life and Nature in the English Lakes. By the Rev.

H. D.

Rawnsley. (Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow. 58.)—Canon Rawnsley describes various natural scenes, landscapes, and the life which haunts them, as in the paper, " After the Ravens, in Skiddaw Forest," and sundry observances and institutions of the Lake Country folk. Under this latter head we have "Rushbearing at Ambleside," the " Grasmere Sports," and a " North Country Eisteddfod." Then, again, there is a pleasant chapter on the Southeys, and a picturesque description of the " Tercentenary of the Armada on Skiddaw Top." Altogether, we have a very pleasant volume by one who knows and loves what he is writing about.