25 MAY 1889, Page 45

A Wanderer. By H. Ogram Matuce. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and

Co.)—Here we have some clever sketches of travel and of personal experience. Now and then one finds a trace of paradox —the opening essay, on the delights of release from work, has something of it—but, on the whole, the writer has a sound judgment, as he certainly has a distinct gift for describing scenery. He has watched Nature with sympathy, and even enthusiasm, and this gives to what he writes an uncommon charm.