24 MARCH 1900, Page 21

A Journey Round My Room. By Xavier de Maistre. Lane-

lated by John Andrews, M.A. (Blackwell, Oxford. Ss. Gd.)—De Maistre's book was published in 1794, a second part, entitled "A Night Journey Round My Boom," appearing some thirty years afterwards, though it had been written much earlier. It was once in much vogue as a school-book, but has now given place to more serious competitors. Mr. Andrews, therefore, may well have a fair number of readers. We have not had the opportunity of comparing his version with the original, but it is written in easy English.