Gonna BOOKS.—Beyer's Guide to Western Norway. By Viljam Olsvig. (F.
Beyer, Bergen ; Philip and Son, London.)—This is described as " a special guide for holiday-trips to the famous fjord and mountain districts of Norway." It contains prolegomena of a practically useful kind,—i.e., a general introduction, hints to travellers as to expenditure, diet, sport, manners and customs of the country, &o., and a description of the sea and local steamer lines. Then follow details of sixteen "planned tours." Finally, there is a vocabulary, followed by lists of books on Norway, and maps. A handy volume, and full of just the information that is wanted.— Walks in the Ardennes. Edited by Percy Lindley. (126 Fleet Street.)—The subtitle is, "Cycling, Driving, Boating, by Rail, and on Foot, with some Fishing and Shooting Notes," a comprehensive though not very grammatical description. It is au attractive little volume, with some pretty sketches that make one wish to see the realities, and an abundance of useful information. —The Scottish Sportsman and Tourist, by Robert Hall (Simpkin and Marshall, London ; Menzies and Co., Edinburgh), is in- tended to minister to the wants of millionaires and bumbler tourists. Here you can learn where to find a deer-forest that will cost you some thousands per annum, and where you may spend £20 to advantage. But Scotland, it must be confessed, tends to belong more and more to the millionaire. It is strange to those who remember the country as it was thirty or forty years ago, to see how insignificant burns and lochs are described as "!preserved."— The Strathpeffer Spa in 1887, by Fortescue Fox, M.D. (Northern Chronicle Office, Inverness), describes this famous health.reeort, the virtues of its springs (of which Dr. Fox, who is resident physician, gives a fair and unexaggerated account), and the amusements in the way of scenery and sport which may be had there.—Hastings, Lewes, Rye, and the Sussex Marshes, by " C. P." (Bell and Sons), is a reprint of some good letters which were originally published in the St. James's Gazette.—How to Travel, by Thomas W. Knox (G. P. Putnam's Sons), appears( in a revised edition. It is primarily intended for American travellers, but will be found generally useful. Its shape and size are most convenient, and it is as readable as it is useful.— Finally, we have to mention revised editions of two useful books, which have already received a large share of public favour, Dickens's
Dictionary of the Thames, 1887, and Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1887 (Macmillan).—We have also received what seem to be com- plete, and are certainly readable books on their respective subjects, Ward and Lock's Guide to Windsor Castle.—Durrant's Handbook for Essex. (Durant and Co., Chelmsford, and Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.)—Bradshaw's A B C Dictionary to the United States, Canada, and Mexico. (Trill:111er and Co.)
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