27 AUGUST 1904, Page 24

The A.B.C. of Golf. By A. 3. Robertson. (Henry J.

Drane. ls.)—This seems, as far as we are able to judge, a serviceable little book, full of practical wisdom, if readers are only able to apply it. One suggestion they can easily follow. Begin with stiff clubs, and, when you have learnt to drive and play straight, go on to the more flexible. Of instructions for playing strokes, we may mention those on pp. 46-47, where the situation is that the player is some distance (thirty to one hundred yards) from the hole with a bunker between, and wishes to land the ball within a reasonably easy putt. If one could make sure of doing that how the happiness of life would be increased!