26 JANUARY 1889, Page 44

A Winter on the Nile. By the Rev. Charles D.

Bell, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Canon Bell tells pleasantly enough a story that has been told many times before. He spent a winter in Egypt, going up the Nile in a steamer as far as Wady Halfa. He gives here his experiences of travel, his impressions of Egyptian scenery and Egyptian antiquity. On the whole, the climate seems to have disappointed him. It was not as brilliant as he expected. He comes, indeed, to the conclusion that you must be in tolerably good health to visit Egypt with advantage. The place of which be seems to have carried away the most pleasing recollection seems to have been Luxor; but then, at Luxor you have European comfort. Those who meditate an Egyptian tour may profitably read Canon Bell's volume.