Grain-Booxs.—Of holiday guides we have to notice East Coast Scenery,
by William J. Tate (Jerrold and Sons, 3s. 6d.) Mr. Tate tells us how we may find nuts, blackberries, and mush- rooms, and informs us what sport we may have in the way of sea- fish and wild fowl. Unfortunately the greater his success in appealing to the public the less will be the advantage that the public will reap. There is a chapter, for instance, on mush- rooming at Maldon. What would the tenant say if a hundred thousand people were to read this-and why should they not for Mr. Tate is worth reading?-and came down oa the same quest ? Sea-fishing is happily inexhaustible. On this and on trawling our author has something noteworthy to say. Indeed, his book is throughout pleasant and seasonable.—In " Black's Guides" (A. and C. Black), we have S arborough and Whitby, Filey, Bridi ington, 4-c., and Hastings and Eastbourne, edited by A. R Hope Moncrieff. We may remark, to continue the subject mentioned above, that the trawlers are alleged to have spoilt Whitby fishing, but that Bridlington has been happily protected by the rocky bottom of its sea— Seaside Watering Places (L. Upcott Gill, 2s. 6d.) is a periodical publication now appearing for the twenty-third time. The editor takes too rosy a view of Whitby in this respect. Very likely he derives it from some old guide-book, which was per- fectly correct at the time.—With these may be mentioned :- Architectural and Historical Notes on Haddon Hall. By F. H. Cheatham. (C. F. Wardley, Bakewell and Buxton. Is.)— Kent's Capital : a Handbook to the Maidstone District. (W. Ruck, Maidstone. Gd. net.)—A Picturesque History of Yorkshire. By J. S. Fletcher. Part IV. (J. M. Dent and Co. Is. net.)-Con- taining " The Don and its Tributaries to Sheffield."
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