27 JUNE 1914, Page 13

The Depid for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdon-

shire. By T. J. Walker. (Constable and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)— When Stevenson was engaged in writing St. Ives, his pre- conceived notions of the treatment of French prisoners in Edinburgh Castle were all upset by a book which informed him that they were clad in a yellow uniform and shaved twice a week—thus compelling him to rewrite the first chapters of his novel. He would certainly have welcomed Dr. Walker's very learned and entertaining account of our prisoners in the Napoleonic Wars, which leaves no detail of their occupations and treatment unexplained. The photographs of articles made by the prisoners are pathetically interesting.