24 MARCH 1877, Page 23

vineyards and bodegas." They appeared first in a daily paper,

and are now republished, with additions. His descriptions are curious and entertaining, and readers who care for these subjects, as, indeed, most readers do, more or loss, will do well to look at his . volume. Meanwhile, we may give one of his conclusions. Good cheap sherry is an impossibility. The commonest growth must be kept for four years, and to keep a wine for four years doubles its cost. Young wines can be imported, but they are neither palatable nor wholesome.