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In the very useful series of "The Homeland Handbooks" we

have The Chalfont Country, by S. Graveson, with Introduction by the Rev. W. H. Summers (Homeland Association, ls. net). By the "Chalfont Country" is meant a region of Buckinghamshire with a small portion of Berkshire in the south-east corner, divided from it by the Thames. Chenies (north), Burnham (south),Rick- mansworth (east), and High Wycombe and Hughenden (west) are principal spots. The two Chalfonts (St. Peter and St. Giles) are central, inclining to the north-west. The literary associations are indicated by the sub-title, " The Land of Milton, Gray, Burke, Beaconsfield, Hampden, and Penn."—Minehead, Porlock, and Dunster, by C. E. Larter and others, in the same series (1s. 6d.), has reached a second edition.