Some Books of the Week
Ma. A. G. BRADLEY'S Romance of Wales (Methuen, 10s. 6d.) is a capital book, with just that blend of local history and folk-lore with descriptions of scenery and people that has endeared him to the many readers of his other books about our countryside. He says in his preface that the English public believes South Wales to be devoted entirely to coal mining and iron works, and that this is a complete mis- apprehension, for six sevenths of it is " as sweet and pure as , Herefordshire." In the nine chapters out of twelve which he gives to . Central and South Wales Mr. Bradley has no difficulty in showing that the vales of Usk and Towy, the Brecon hilLs, the Glamorgan coast and Pembrokeshire abound in interest and natural beauty, to say nothing of the numerous superb castles—no whit inferior even to Carnarvon and Conway. The book is charmingly written and well illustrated.
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